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General News
Plan mooted to submerge reactor at Fukushima nuclear plant
The Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. (NDF) is considering the feas...
September 3, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Arrested Tokyo 2020 exec linked to another shady sponsorship deal
The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee executive board member already under arrest in an Olympics-relat...
September 3, 2022
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Asia Pacific
Nepal: Death rate for chronic lung disease is the world’s highest
On Aug. 19, a 32-year-old man from Kapilvastu district was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teac...
September 3, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Ehime: Fortress ruins become place for peace education
IKATA, Ehime — Jutting out of the west side of Shikoku in the direction of Kyushu, Cape Sada Peninsu...
September 3, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan, U.S. to continue cooperation over climate change
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan and the United States confirmed in a joint statement Friday that they wil...
September 3, 2022
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Defense & Security
G20 energy ministers fail to adopt joint statement
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Energy ministers of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies ended thei...
September 3, 2022
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General News
Japan mom, 86, wants to see daughter abducted by N. Korea ‘at least once’
Sept. 17 marks 20 years since the first Japan-North Korea summit meeting, during which Pyongyang adm...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
He used AI to win a fine-arts competition. Was it cheating?
When Jason Allen submitted his “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” into the Colorado State Fair’s fine-arts co...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
Arlington offered $23M for Amazon HQ2. So far, it hasn’t paid a dime
When Amazon announced its plans to build a second headquarters somewhere in North America, cities an...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
MLB is overdue for a female umpire. One may be on the way.
PORTLAND, Maine – The first thing to know about Jen Pawol – and listen closely, because this is impo...
September 3, 2022
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Baseball
Padres rout Dodgers 7-1, send L.A. on rare 3-game skid
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yu Darvish combined with two relievers on a four-hitter, Manny Machado and Brando...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
Deep inside bustling Mar-a-Lago, a storage room where secrets were stashed
The ornate centerpiece of the historic Mar-a-Lago estate that Donald Trump bought for cheap in 1985 ...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
Ukrainian’s war amputees heal through horse therapy
SUKHODIL, Ukraine – Danylo Ischenko dreams of walking beside his fiancée on their wedding day. Boliv...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
A Chesapeake Bay lighthouse is up for auction. So far, no one wants it.
Nobody wants it. Not the nonprofits or preservationists. Not education agencies or community develop...
September 3, 2022
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Washington Post
In Australia, it’s becoming harder to get punched in the face
MOUNT ISA, Australia – The crowd outside was several drinks deep and starting to get restless when F...
September 3, 2022