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Baseball: Ohtani extends on-base streak to 49 games in win over Rockies

Baseball: Ohtani extends on-base streak to 49 games in ...

DENVER, Colorado (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani extended his remarkable on-base streak...

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Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close it again as US maintains its blockade

Iran reopens Strait of Hormuz, but threatens to close i...

BEIRUT (AP) -- Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial ve...

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G7 steps up efforts to break China's grip on critical minerals

G7 steps up efforts to break China's grip on critical m...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries agreed Frid...

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61-year-old Japanese fisherman falls off boat and defies odds to swim to safety

61-year-old Japanese fisherman falls off boat and defie...

Having an accident at sea is one of the more horrific things to happen to a pers...

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Skeletal remains found in bushes in Fukuoka park

Skeletal remains found in bushes in Fukuoka park

Skeletonized human remains were found in a park in Fukuoka City on Friday, polic...

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'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

'Cruelly hot': Japan devises new term for heatwave days

Blistering temperatures rising to 40C and above will now be branded "cruelly hot...

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Beloved grandma's vibrant moss phlox carpet in full bloom in central Japan city

Beloved grandma's vibrant moss phlox carpet in full blo...

GUJO, Gifu -- A vibrant carpet of flowers in colors such as white and pink bloom...

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Man confesses to strangling 11-year-old stepson in Kyoto Pref.

Man confesses to strangling 11-year-old stepson in Kyot...

KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A man arrested for abandoning the body of his stepson who had b...

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Japan, EU business leaders call for robust supply chains for critical items

Japan, EU business leaders call for robust supply chain...

BRUSSELS (Kyodo) -- Japanese and European business leaders called Thursday for t...

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Japan weather agency adopts 'cruelly hot day' as new term for temps upwards of 40 C

Japan weather agency adopts 'cruelly hot day' as new te...

TOKYO -- The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) announced on April 17 that it has...

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236 measles cases in Japan since January, up 3.6 times from year earlier

236 measles cases in Japan since January, up 3.6 times ...

Japan has reported 236 measles cases since January, 3.6 times the 66 recorded in...

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Japanese novelist Kanako Nishi debuts in English translation with 'Sakura'

Japanese novelist Kanako Nishi debuts in English transl...

Kanako Nishi, a seasoned Japanese author and winner of the prestigious Naoki lit...

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G20 finance chiefs agree to help poorer nations hit hard by Iran war

G20 finance chiefs agree to help poorer nations hit har...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- Finance chiefs of the Group of 20 major economies agreed T...

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Figure skating: Japan's pairs figure skating gold medalists Miura, Kihara to retire

Figure skating: Japan's pairs figure skating gold medal...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese figure skating pair Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the...

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Japan welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, hopes for Middle East peace

Japan welcomes Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, hopes for Midd...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Friday welcomed the agreement by Isr...