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Basketball: Jets, B-League reap rewards of new arena development

Basketball: Jets, B-League reap rewards of new arena de...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Just a few months into its life as a B-League basketball venue,...

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Tokyo police ignored whistleblowing over alleged illegal probe into military export case

Tokyo police ignored whistleblowing over alleged illega...

TOKYO -- Police here failed to respond for months to multiple whistleblowing rep...

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Japan to ease visa requirements for Chinese visitors to boost economy

Japan to ease visa requirements for Chinese visitors to...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- Japan will relax visa application requirements for Chinese vi...

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Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the Uni...

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Foreigners bought 371 properties near Japan security zones in FY2023

Foreigners bought 371 properties near Japan security zo...

A total of 371 properties around critical security facilities and border islands...

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'Stay warm': Japan local fire dept. urges caution against hypothermia even indoors

'Stay warm': Japan local fire dept. urges caution again...

KORIYAMA, Fukushima -- The fire department in this northeastern Japan city is wa...

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Haiku in English: Dec. 25, 2024

Haiku in English: Dec. 25, 2024

snowflakesfirst voice ofnewborn--Manasa Reddy Chichili (Telangana, India)Selecte...

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Japan aims at 45 tril. yen infrastructure exports by 2030

Japan aims at 45 tril. yen infrastructure exports by 2030

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Tuesday decided to increase Japan's annual in...

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Only 20% of people in Japan prepare 'emergency toilets' in case of disasters: survey

Only 20% of people in Japan prepare 'emergency toilets'...

TOKYO -- Only about 20% of people in Japan prepare "emergency toilets" that can ...

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Japan PM says he is willing to hold talks with Trump at early date

Japan PM says he is willing to hold talks with Trump at...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday expressed his...

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Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake

Once taboo, more Japanese women are brewing sake

OKAYA, Nagano (AP) -- Not long after dawn, Japanese sake brewer Mie Takahashi ch...

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Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas Eve during the war in Gaza

Bethlehem marks a second subdued Christmas Eve during t...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) -- Bethlehem marked another somber Christmas Eve on Tu...

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Japan OKs ban on production, trade of fluorescent lamps by end of 2027

Japan OKs ban on production, trade of fluorescent lamps...

Japan's cabinet on Tuesday approved a revision to a government ordinance to proh...

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Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gives fresh impetus to disarmament push

Japanese atomic bomb survivors say Nobel Peace Prize gi...

Survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki said receiving a...

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North Korean hacker group identified in theft of Tokyo-based DMM Bitcoin assets

North Korean hacker group identified in theft of Tokyo-...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A North Korea-linked hacker group stole digital assets worth 48...