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Japan In Focus
Beer-hall tram resumes after hiatus
OKAYAMA — A beer garden-themed streetcar, which gives passengers a chance to enjoy beer while taking...
August 6, 2022
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Baseball
Koshien tournament starts with no limits on spectators
NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo — With no restrictions on attendance for the first time in three years but some c...
August 6, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Hello Kitty facilities enter Guinness World Records
AWAJI, Hyogo — Hello Kitty Apple House in Awaji, Hyogo Prefecture, is the world’s largest “apple-sha...
August 6, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Firefighter reproduces rescue equipment as paper models
OMUTA, Fukuoka — Designs for paper models of firefighting vehicles and equipment have been made avai...
August 6, 2022
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Economy
New Sakhalin-2 Operator Set Up in Russia
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A new company was set up in Russia Friday to take over operations at the Sakhal...
August 6, 2022
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General News
3rd Monkeypox Case Confirmed in Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A man in his 20s who belongs to the U.S. military’s Yokota base in Tokyo has te...
August 6, 2022
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Crime ＆ Courts
Security Team Failed to Communicate Lack of Guard Behind Abe
Tokyo, Aug. 5 (Jiji Press)—The on-site commander for security for the late former Japanese Prime Min...
August 6, 2022
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Asia PacificSouth Korea / Only 6.3% of S. Korea’s board members are women: Survey
Women occupied only about 6.3% of corporate board positions at South Korea's 353 largest companies i...
August 6, 2022
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Europe
11-year-old checkers champ raises money for Ukraine army
KYIV — With each double jump and every piece that gets kinged, 11-year-old Valeria Yezhova raises mo...
August 6, 2022
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Washington Post
A damaging tornadic waterspout barreled through parts of Smith Island
A powerful tornadic waterspout tore through parts of Smith Island, Md., in the Chesapeake Bay, on Th...
August 6, 2022
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Washington Post
Brittney Griner may go to a Russian penal colony. Here’s what you need to know.
WNBA star Brittney Griner received a harsh 9 1/2-year prison sentence Thursday in her trial on drug ...
August 6, 2022
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Crime ＆ Courts
Tokyo police detains 21 people for ‘preparing to cultivate marijuana’
More than 20 people have been detained under the Cannabis Control Law for importing marijuana seeds ...
August 6, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Role of cities hit by A-bombs increasingly important
It is an extraordinary situation in which the leader of a major power has threatened to use nuclear ...
August 6, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Deterioration of politics stood out in extraordinary session
Due to internal strife and other factors, a Diet speech to pay tribute to a former prime minister wa...
August 6, 2022
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Washington Post
White House summons Chinese ambassador as crisis escalates
WASHINGTON -The fallout over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan escalated sharply Friday a...
August 6, 2022