Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator

Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator

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Member since Dec 20, 2024 tomas@associatednews.agency

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Palestinian poets see their work fuel debate when used in Japan school exam

Palestinian poets see their work fuel debate when used ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- During an entrance exam for a top middle school in Japan in ...

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Olympics: Japan's Hirano shakes off adversity to add new chapter to storied career

Olympics: Japan's Hirano shakes off adversity to add ne...

LIVIGNO, Italy (Kyodo) -- While a miraculous comeback did not end in the result ...

MONEY
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Japan digital payment app PayPay files for U.S. listing

Japan digital payment app PayPay files for U.S. listing

PayPay Corp, the Japanese provider of a popular digital payment app, has publicl...

MONEY
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Wendy's closes US restaurants and focuses on value to turn around falling sales

Wendy's closes US restaurants and focuses on value to t...

Wendy’s is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on ...

MONEY
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Ad giant Dentsu logs record ¥327.6 bil net loss in 2025

Ad giant Dentsu logs record ¥327.6 bil net loss in 2025

Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Group Inc on Friday logged a record net loss o...

LIFESTYLE
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New FamilyMart cinema opens inside Naha airport

New FamilyMart cinema opens inside Naha airport

We’ve seen a lot of things in Japan, but one thing we haven’t seen is a mini cin...

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Japan unveils new medical fees with inflation surcharge from June

Japan unveils new medical fees with inflation surcharge...

The Japanese health ministry on Friday released details of medical fee revisions...

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Super-salty pizza sends six kids to the hospital in Japan; linguistics blamed

Super-salty pizza sends six kids to the hospital in Jap...

Pizza, famously, is hard to screw up, so much so that “_____ is like pizza. Even...

CULTURE
Oscars museum dives into world of Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'

Oscars museum dives into world of Miyazaki's 'Ponyo'

Dozens of drawings, storyboards and other elements created for the film and gift...

CULTURE
'Wisteria': Mieko Kawakami’s story of female longing adapted for stage

'Wisteria': Mieko Kawakami’s story of female longing ad...

Theater company Mum&Gypsy and author Kawakami are collaborating on a stage adapt...

BUSINESS
Takaichi expecting additional BOJ rate hike — but not in spring — adviser says

Takaichi expecting additional BOJ rate hike — but not i...

Etsuro Honda, an economic adviser to the Japanese leader, said he believes a hik...

BUSINESS
OpenAI tapped for voice control tech in U.S. drone swarm trial

OpenAI tapped for voice control tech in U.S. drone swar...

The technology would only be used to translate voice commands from battlefield c...

BUSINESS
All-in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next

All-in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next

The tech giant created China's most popular chatbot, Doubao, which has built up ...

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country's 1st election since 2024 uprising

Bangladesh Nationalist Party claims victory in country'...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has claimed victory i...

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Sister of North Korea's leader says South Korea's drone regret was sensible but insufficient

Sister of North Korea's leader says South Korea's drone...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong U...

BUSINESS
BOJ hawk Tamura flags spring as possible timing for rate hike

BOJ hawk Tamura flags spring as possible timing for rat...

Naoki Tamura's remarks suggest that Gov. Kazuo Ueda will probably face increased...