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General News
Epsilon-6 launch fails as JAXA sends self-destruct signal
Japan’s space agency said it sent out a self-destruct signal to the Epsilon-6 solid-fuel rocket soon...
October 12, 2022
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General News
Media get sneak peek of Ghibli Park
NAGAKUTE, Aichi (Jiji Press) — Ghibli Park, a new theme park in central Japan that recreates the wor...
October 12, 2022
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Market
BUSINESS | Yen’s slide continues as dollar tops ¥146 for 1st time in 24 yrs
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The dollar strengthened to top ¥146 for the first time since August 1998 in Tok...
October 12, 2022
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ScienceSCIENCE | Taiwan’s pangolins suffer surge in feral dog attacks
HSINCHU, Taiwan (AFP-Jiji) — In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin’s biggest thre...
October 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan’s Diet effectively closed amid unusual 9-day gap
The Diet is in the unusual situation of being open but effectively closed at the same time, as the b...
October 12, 2022
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Environment
SCIENCE | ‘Like a new planet’: Volcano draws visitors to Spanish isle
LA PALMA ISLAND, Spain (AFP-Jiji) — When the volcano erupted in La Palma last year, Teodoro Gonzalez...
October 12, 2022
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Russia
WORLD | Will Russia be able to maintain offensive?
KYIV — Following two consecutive days of Russian military attacks on Ukraine’s capital and elsewhere...
October 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida stresses Russia should never use nuclear weapons
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed that Russia should never use nuclear weapons nor threaten to u...
October 12, 2022
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General News
Relaxation of Japan’s border control measures brings influx of tourists, but also challenges
The easing of COVID-19 border control measures on Tuesday has raised hopes for a return to the old b...
October 12, 2022
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Washington Post
G-7 demands Russian withdrawal from Ukraine, pledges continued support
The Group of Seven nations on Tuesday committed themselves to continue supplying Ukraine's "urgent r...
October 12, 2022
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Associated Press
477 whales die in ‘heartbreaking’ New Zealand strandings
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two rem...
October 12, 2022
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EnvironmentSCIENCE | Half of all bird species in decline, moving ‘ever faster’ toward extinction
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are thre...
October 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Trump lawyer who vouched for documents meets with FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for former president Donald Trump who signed a letter stating that a “dil...
October 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Florida shrimpers race to get battered fleet back to sea
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and t...
October 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Attorneys argue over school shooter’s fate: death or prison
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor and defense attorney for Florida school shooter Nikolas ...
October 12, 2022