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Associated Press
Clashes erupt after Iraqi Shiite cleric resigns, 15 dead
BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday that he would resign from Iraqi politic...
August 30, 2022
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Political Series
Lessons from Ukraine / SDF lags China in drone development race
On the morning of July 25, a Chinese TB-001 strike and reconnaissance drone took off near Shanghai. ...
August 30, 2022
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Europe
Ukraine teachers set up shelters before face-to-face classes resumes
KYIV — Teachers at an elementary school in Kyiv are busy preparing a shelter ahead of the start of f...
August 30, 2022
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Companies
Japanese companies business suspensions in Russia hurting bottom lines
Six months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, adverse effects on Japanese companies operating in Ru...
August 30, 2022
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General News
Foreign students finally returning to Japanese universities
Many foreign students have returned to their Japanese universities for the first time in two years, ...
August 30, 2022
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General News
Ban to be lifted on private weather firms providing forecasting services related to floods, landslides
The Japan Meteorological Agency has decided to lift a ban on private weather-information companies ...
August 29, 2022
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Wider World
Africans view Chinese-style aid, influence positively while Japan’s efforts leave little impression
TUNIS — Even at the end of an eighth Japan-led international conference on African development, Japa...
August 29, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 9,880 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 9,880 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down 5,205 from the same d...
August 29, 2022
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Market
Nikkei drops below 28,000
Tokyo stocks plunged Monday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average nose dived more than 1,000 points...
August 29, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialSwift decision-making holds key for government’s emergency authorizations
China’s military drills around Taiwan have highlighted the likelihood that Japan could become caught...
August 29, 2022
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Reuters
IAEA team to inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant this week
KYIV/VIENNA (Reuters) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog will inspect the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclea...
August 29, 2022
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Defense & Security
U.S. fires Javelin anti-tank missile in Japan for 1st time as Orient Shield 22 joint drills begin
KUMAMOTO — The U.S. military’s Javelin portable anti-tank missile was fired for the first time in Ja...
August 29, 2022
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Baseball
Boy with cancer throws opening pitch on dream mound
Kanta Utsunomiya, 11, who joined the Chiba Lotte Marines through a charity that supports children un...
August 29, 2022
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Environment
Japan to compile new list of 100 important waters in Reiwa era
The Environment Ministry is to newly compile an index of the nation’s 100 best springs, rivers and o...
August 29, 2022
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Wider World
TICAD seeks African development in line with international rules
TUNIS — The 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8), held in Tunisia, Nor...
August 29, 2022