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Chip cities rise in Japan’s fields of dreams

Chip cities rise in Japan’s fields of dreams

Injections of cash are transforming once-sleepy areas, lifting stagnant house pr...

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NFL-best Chiefs beat Texans while Ravens clinch playoff spot

NFL-best Chiefs beat Texans while Ravens clinch playoff...

The two-time reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs defeated Houston 27-19 and are ...

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Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt

Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle wit...

Personal debt is overwhelming an increasing number of Japanese as higher interes...

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The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem

The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem

Flowing more than 4,300 kilometers from the Tibetan Plateau to Vietnam, the Meko...

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Tsunoda loses out in Red Bull's F1 reshuffle

Tsunoda loses out in Red Bull's F1 reshuffle

A flurry of Red Bull announcements culminated on Friday with 20-year-old Isack H...

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Japan ready to improve working conditions for SDF members

Japan ready to improve working conditions for SDF members

Improving working conditions for the members "is a serious challenge" for his ad...

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Australian Open to provide platform for pickleball from 2025

Australian Open to provide platform for pickleball from...

Melbourne Park's Court 3 will transform into pickleball central from Jan. 24-26 ...

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Cambodia to grant Japan visitation rights to China-linked naval base

Cambodia to grant Japan visitation rights to China-link...

Hun Sen, Cambodia's Senate president, announced the decision to grant U.S. ally ...

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U.S. Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

U.S. Congress passes bill to avert shutdown

After weeks of tense negotiations that went down to the wire, U.S. lawmakers pas...

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Top U.S. and South Korean diplomats agree to meet 'at an early date'

Top U.S. and South Korean diplomats agree to meet 'at a...

The impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has triggered concerns a...

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Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France

Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in Fr...

Watson, 74, was released after Denmark refused the Japanese extradition request ...