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General News
Distance-learning high school holds classes in the metaverse
TOYAMA — A distance-learning high school based in Obama, Fukui Prefecture, has started holding class...
August 16, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 23,511 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 23,511 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Tuesday, down 5,604 from the same day l...
August 16, 2022
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Reuters
Chinese military survey ship docks at Sri Lanka port
COLOMBO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The Chinese survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 docked on Tuesday at Sri Lanka's C...
August 16, 2022
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Associated Press
2 injured in fire at ammunition storage site on Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire at an ammunition storage site on Crimea left two people injured on Tuesd...
August 16, 2022
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Associated Press
US, South Korea to begin expanded military drills next week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined milita...
August 16, 2022
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Elections
Young voters shying away from LDP
Young voters appear to be distancing themselves from the ruling party, according to data from exit p...
August 16, 2022
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Asia Pacific
Sri Lankan president: China cannot use southern port for military purposes
COLOMBO — China will not be allowed to use the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota for military p...
August 16, 2022
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Coronavirus
Kishida orders review of COVID classification
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has asked relevant ministers to review the need for mandatory reporting...
August 16, 2022
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Washington Post
Inside Ukraine’s captured nuclear plant, the sounds of explosions – and constant fear
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - There's no warning when incoming fire slams into the grounds of Europe's lar...
August 16, 2022
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Washington Post
After deadly church fire, Egyptian neighborhood searches for answers
GIZA, Egypt - The back roads of a working-class neighborhood in greater Cairo transformed into makes...
August 16, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 16, 2022
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Social Series
Foreign students return / Ukrainian students grateful for Japan’s support
In a video posted on YouTube, Ukrainian student Valeriia Savenko introduces herself in Japanese and ...
August 16, 2022
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Washington Post
In Taliban-era Afghanistan, U.S. grapples with having little sway
A year after withdrawing U.S. troops, the Biden administration wields scant leverage in Afghanistan ...
August 16, 2022
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Delicious
Fishmonger uses YouTube to promote seafood
Fishmonger Asana Mori is promoting seafood through videos on YouTube, at a time when consumers are b...
August 16, 2022
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Politics & Government
Cabinet finds no need to examine ministers’ relations with Unification Church
The government approved a written response at a Cabinet meeting on Monday that there is no need to e...
August 16, 2022