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General News
Govt plans to lift ban on entry of individual tourists
The government plans to lift an entry ban on individual tourists around October, significantly relax...
September 16, 2022
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Climate Change
Iraq’s Garden of Eden now ‘like a desert’
HUWAIZAH MARSHES, Iraq (AFP-Jiji) — To feed and cool his buffaloes, Hashem Gassed must cross 10 kilo...
September 16, 2022
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General News
Sapporo Snow Festival to have tourists at venues next year
SAPPORO — The Sapporo Snow Festival, Hokkaido’s major winter event, will be held in-person in Februa...
September 16, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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September 16, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialGovt must make every possible effort to resolve abduction issue
For the Japanese victims of kidnapping by North Korea and the families waiting for their return to J...
September 16, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
With major disease in seeming retreat, keep up measures against a comeback
The number of cases of tuberculosis, once called Japan’s “national disease,” has fallen to an all-ti...
September 16, 2022
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Companies
Apple fans in Japan queue to buy new iPhone 14
Apple Inc’s latest phone line, iPhone 14, hit the shelves of the company’s stores and mobile phone s...
September 16, 2022
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Film & TV
‘Akira and Akira’ delves into duo overcoming difficulties
The film “Akira and Akira” tells the story of two young men, who share the same given name and confr...
September 16, 2022
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Washington Post
Xi and Putin meet and pledge to ‘inject stability’ in the world
Amid the global economic uncertainty triggered by Russia’s war on Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinp...
September 16, 2022
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Manga & Anime
‘Cecil no Jo-o’ depicts intriguing lives of Elizabeth I, William Cecil
Queen Elizabeth II has passed away at 96. We tend to think of Britain as a country ruled by a queen ...
September 16, 2022
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Washington Post
The Justice Dept.’s Jan. 6 investigation is looking at . . . everything
Dozens of subpoenas issued last week show that the Justice Department is seeking vast amounts of inf...
September 16, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida reveals plan to convene extra Diet session in October
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled a plan on Thursday to convene the Diet fo...
September 16, 2022
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Washington Post
Biden’s 11th-hour moves to avert a strike – and a political calamity
As White House aides grew desperate this week, with the hours ticking down toward a potentially deva...
September 16, 2022
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Washington Post
Teen who killed alleged rapist must pay his family. Donors raised it all.
A Des Moines teenager convicted of killing a man she said raped her got what the judge described as ...
September 16, 2022
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Associated Press
‘Torment of hell’: Ukraine medic describes Russian torture
WASHINGTON (AP) — A volunteer Ukrainian medic held captive three months by Russian forces in Ukraine...
September 16, 2022