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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Shohei Ohtani will return to mound for Dodgers in spring training game Wednesday against Giants

Shohei Ohtani will return to mound for Dodgers in sprin...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to make his first pitching ap...

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Japan logs 57.3 billion yen trade surplus in Feb., helped by chip exports

Japan logs 57.3 billion yen trade surplus in Feb., help...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan logged a trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen ($361 million)...

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Japan household assets hit record high at end of Dec. on rising stocks

Japan household assets hit record high at end of Dec. o...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Household assets in Japan at the end of December stood at a rec...

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Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suarez's 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title

Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suarez's 9th-inning double to...

MIAMI (AP) -- Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebou...

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Measles cases in Tokyo rise sharply, matching last year's total by mid-March

Measles cases in Tokyo rise sharply, matching last year...

TOKYO -- Reported measles cases in the Japanese capital have increased rapidly t...

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Sumo: Nat'l sport faces decline in new recruits despite growing popularity

Sumo: Nat'l sport faces decline in new recruits despite...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Despite sumo's growing popularity, the number of people who too...

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China ignores Trump's Hormuz request as the Iran war deepens and his Beijing trip slips

China ignores Trump's Hormuz request as the Iran war de...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- China won't help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormu...

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Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 of its top officials

Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Israel killed two senior Iranian security of...

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Modified monument marking A-bomb group's Nobel Peace Prize unveiled in Nagasaki

Modified monument marking A-bomb group's Nobel Peace Pr...

NAGASAKI -- A monument commemorating the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the J...

CULTURE
‘Sisters in Yellow’ is a wild ride through Tokyo’s underworld

‘Sisters in Yellow’ is a wild ride through Tokyo’s unde...

Mieko Kawakami’s noir-y novel follows a group of powerless young women working i...

BUSINESS
BOJ likely to sit tight as Middle East conflict clouds economic outlook

BOJ likely to sit tight as Middle East conflict clouds ...

Though a rate hike is unlikely this month, if the yen’s depreciation trend conti...

BUSINESS
Vietnam firms vie to launch crypto exchanges ahead of ban on overseas trading

Vietnam firms vie to launch crypto exchanges ahead of b...

Authorities have grown concerned about the use of cryptocurrencies amid a rise i...

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Japan, US set to agree on $100 million joint project in shipbuilding

Japan, US set to agree on $100 million joint project in...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and the United States are expected to agree on a $100 mil...

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Graduation meals discarded in Fukushima Pref. over 2011 quake memorial day concerns

Graduation meals discarded in Fukushima Pref. over 2011...

IWAKI, Fukushima -- About 2,100 servings of red bean rice, which had been schedu...

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Asian shares mixed, U.S. futures slip as Brent hovers at over $100 a barrel

Asian shares mixed, U.S. futures slip as Brent hovers a...

Shares wavered in Asia on Tuesday after a drop in oil prices helped send the U.S...

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Long-range missile launchers shown in southwestern Japan before deployment

Long-range missile launchers shown in southwestern Japa...

The Defense Ministry held an exhibition of missile launchers and other equipment...