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Associated Press
Biden to host Pacific Island summit with wary eye on China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Friday that President Joe Biden will host Pacific Island...
September 3, 2022
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Associated Press
US OKs $1B arms sale to Taiwan as tensions rise with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday announced a more than $1 billion arms sale to T...
September 3, 2022
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Associated Press
IAEA to have ‘full picture’ of Ukraine nuclear plant in days
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Fighting raged Friday near Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in a Ru...
September 3, 2022
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Associated Press
Russia’s Gazprom keeps gas pipeline to Germany switched off
BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s energy crisis loomed larger Friday after Russian energy giant Gazprom said it...
September 3, 2022
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Defense & Security
Quad foreign ministerial meeting slated for late September
Foreign ministers from the Quad, a framework for cooperation among Japan, Australia, India and the U...
September 3, 2022
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Associated Press
Lower US job gain in August could aid Fed’s inflation fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hi...
September 3, 2022
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Associated Press
G-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
BERLIN (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impos...
September 3, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialChina must address U.N. report on human rights violations
A U.N. body that monitors human rights issues around the world has publicly acknowledged China’s hum...
September 3, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Scheme should help redirect personal savings to investment
It is a longstanding task to invigorate the economy by redirecting households’ financial assets, wh...
September 3, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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September 3, 2022
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Baseball
Yakult’s Murakami hits 50-HR milestone
Tokyo Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami became the youngest player in Japan pro baseball hi...
September 3, 2022
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General News
Hokkaido town’s ‘flying pumpkins’ ready for harvest
Dark-green pumpkins hang from a greenhouse lattice in the Hokkaido town of Naganuma, which boasts Ja...
September 3, 2022
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Economy
Convenience stores in Japan become ‘one-stop shops’ with more clothes, household goods
Major convenience store operators are finding new business opportunities in areas such as clothing a...
September 3, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Nagasaki: Film remembers U.S. POWs sacrificed for dam
SASEBO, Nagasaki — A high school student has made a documentary about the history of a local dam, ho...
September 3, 2022
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Political Pulse
Fraught relations with China call for ‘shitataka’ approach by Kishida
“Shitataka” is a Japanese word with multiple meanings that even Japanese find difficult to explain i...
September 3, 2022