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Yomiuri EditorialSustain trend through normalization of economic activities
Land prices are clearly picking up. A positive factor is the recovery from the pandemic-induced down...
September 22, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Make efforts to restore functions of Security Council
There has never been a time when the raison d’etre of the United Nations has been questioned as it i...
September 22, 2022
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Washington Post
U.S. leaders honor queen in D.C. as official mourning moves stateside
The official memorializing of the late Queen Elizabeth II shifted stateside Wednesday, filling Washi...
September 22, 2022
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Associated Press
Federer on GOAT debate in AP Interview: How can you compare?
LONDON (AP) — Roger Federer is a father of four — two girls who are 13, two boys who are 8 — and so ...
September 22, 2022
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Economy
Fed attacks inflation with another big hike and expects more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key ...
September 22, 2022
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Global
Zelenskyy vows Ukraine will win as Russia redoubles effort
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president implored the world Wednesday to punish Russia for its inva...
September 22, 2022
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Global
Biden: Russia’s Ukraine abuses ‘make your blood run cold’
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia ha...
September 22, 2022
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Social Series
In search of lost time 20 years after Pyongyang summit / Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea embrace 20 years of freedom, fight for return of others
North Korea admitted to abducting Japanese nationals at the first Japan-North Korea summit held on S...
September 22, 2022
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General News
Japan Post issues stamps commemorating 150th anniversary of railways in Japan
A sheet of stamps issued by the Japan Post Co. and commemorating 150 years of railway operation in J...
September 22, 2022
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General News
Efforts to investigate overseas transplants hit legal wall
Health ministry officials last month questioned the director of a Tokyo-based nonprofit organization...
September 21, 2022
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General News
Person dies after being hit by Tokaido Shinkansen train
The Nozomi No. 229 train, heading to Shin-Osaka from Tokyo, struck a person who had gotten onto the ...
September 21, 2022
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Crime ＆ Courts
Man sets self on fire over Abe state funeral
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A man set himself on fire near the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Wednesday, ...
September 21, 2022
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Politics & Government
7 Imperial family members, not Imperial couple, will attend state funeral for Abe
Based on precedent, the Emperor and Empress as well as the Emperor Emeritus and the Empress Emerita ...
September 21, 2022
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Art
Artwork by student sells for $11,340 at Christie’s
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — A folding screen with a painting created by a Japanese student of a Tokyo Un...
September 21, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida calls for U.N. reform in General Assembly speech
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called for reform of the United Nations in his speech at the...
September 21, 2022