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Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming lunar features after loved ones

Artemis II astronauts follow Apollo tradition of naming...

HOUSTON (AP) -- Lunar love knows no bounds.Now hurtling home from the moon, the ...

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Cherry blossom viewing starts at Japan Mint in Osaka

Cherry blossom viewing starts at Japan Mint in Osaka

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- An annual cherry blossom viewing event began Thursday at the Ja...

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Baseball: Ohtani makes quality start, ties Ichiro's on-base streak in loss

Baseball: Ohtani makes quality start, ties Ichiro's on-...

TORONTO (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani allowed just one unearned run over six innings,...

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Opinion: Donald Trump doesn't understand nuclear semantics. History does

Opinion: Donald Trump doesn't understand nuclear semant...

By James ReidIn 1945, Kantaro Suzuki, then premier of the Imperial Japanese Empi...

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Court overturn of Japanese school's decertification over abuse finalized

Court overturn of Japanese school's decertification ove...

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A high court decision to overturn a central government order ...

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30,000 rally near Diet as protests against Constitution revision gain traction across Japan

30,000 rally near Diet as protests against Constitution...

TOKYO -- Large-scale demonstrations opposing moves to revise the Constitution ar...

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Kyoto Univ. president urges new students to write in own words, seek global experiences

Kyoto Univ. president urges new students to write in ow...

KYOTO -- Kyoto University held its entrance ceremony on April 7, welcoming 2,942...

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Still no trace of missing 11-year-old boy after 16 days

Still no trace of missing 11-year-old boy after 16 days

Police in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, on Wednesday continued their search for...

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AI agents draw attention in China, with 24-hour work potential

AI agents draw attention in China, with 24-hour work po...

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- Artificial intelligence agents that can work in place of hum...

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Japan logs current account surplus of 3.93 tril. yen in February

Japan logs current account surplus of 3.93 tril. yen in...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's current account surplus edged down 0.1 percent from the...

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Tokyo stocks surge, Nikkei up 5%, after US-Iran cease-fire agreement

Tokyo stocks surge, Nikkei up 5%, after US-Iran cease-f...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks surged Wednesday morning, with the Nikkei stock in...

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Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz

Russia and China veto watered-down UN resolution aimed ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia and China on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. Security Counci...

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Death toll rises to 3 after scaffolding collapse near Tokyo

Death toll rises to 3 after scaffolding collapse near T...

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- A third worker has been confirmed dead after a roughly 40-me...

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Inside a huge compound on Thailand-Cambodia border where 10,000 workers scammed people globally

Inside a huge compound on Thailand-Cambodia border wher...

O'SMACH, Cambodia (AP) -- I have often used the word industrial-scale in my own ...

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Editorial: Diet dysfunction alarming as PM Takaichi's admin pushes budget through

Editorial: Diet dysfunction alarming as PM Takaichi's a...

Japan's fiscal 2026 main budget, the first to be drafted by Prime Minister Sanae...

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N. Korea launches another suspected ballistic missile

N. Korea launches another suspected ballistic missile

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile, the Japanes...