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Tokyo stocks rebound sharply on hopes for solid AI growth

Tokyo stocks rebound sharply on hopes for solid AI growth

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks bounced back sharply Thursday as technology shares...

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Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs case and reverse ruling finding them illegal

Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs cas...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the S...

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Taiwanese students accepted as train staff in internship program

Taiwanese students accepted as train staff in internshi...

For nearly a year, Taiwanese students Lin Yan-ting and Wang You-jie took on a un...

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Anger in Japan after Australian Instagrammer drinks burial site offering

Anger in Japan after Australian Instagrammer drinks bur...

The Australian embassy in Japan issued a warning to travelers to behave themselv...

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Typhoon approaching western Japan, heavy rain expected

Typhoon approaching western Japan, heavy rain expected

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A typhoon is heading toward western Japan and could make landfa...

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Escaped emu safely recovered after 5 hours in Japan's Ibaraki Pref.

Escaped emu safely recovered after 5 hours in Japan's I...

MITO -- The owner of a missing emu on Sept. 2 discovered the bird sleeping in a ...

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News in Easy English: Seaweed farmer called 'miracle pianist' after teaching himself piano

News in Easy English: Seaweed farmer called 'miracle pi...

KASUYA, Fukuoka -- Yoshiaki Tokunaga, 65, is a seaweed farmer who taught himself...

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Baseball: Yudai Ono tames CL-leading Tigers in Dragons' comeback win

Baseball: Yudai Ono tames CL-leading Tigers in Dragons'...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Yudai Ono threw six innings of two-run ball as the Chunichi Dr...

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Tokyo stocks rebound in morning on firm tech shares

Tokyo stocks rebound in morning on firm tech shares

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rebounded Thursday morning as technology shares tr...

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The Mainichi News Quiz: What's the point of that Japanese city's smartphone ordinance?

The Mainichi News Quiz: What's the point of that Japane...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...

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Taiwan-Japan ruling party lawmakers address submarine cable security

Taiwan-Japan ruling party lawmakers address submarine c...

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Ruling party lawmakers from Taiwan and Japan agreed Wednesday ...

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Japan PM mulls mapping out economic steps to curb impact of rising prices

Japan PM mulls mapping out economic steps to curb impac...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has begun considering in...

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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, fighting an illness, has 2 hits after opting not to pitch vs. Pirates

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, fighting an illness, has 2 ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani's next start on the mound is uncertain as he de...

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Tennis: Naomi Osaka advances to US Open semis with 6-4, 7-6 win over Muchova

Tennis: Naomi Osaka advances to US Open semis with 6-4,...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Japan's four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka maintained...

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Editorial: Japan's LDP in leadership crisis as PM Ishiba refuses to quit after election defeat

Editorial: Japan's LDP in leadership crisis as PM Ishib...

A leader who has lost the public's trust in an election but refuses to take resp...

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JAL flights delayed some 18 hours after another pilot drinking incident

JAL flights delayed some 18 hours after another pilot d...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Three recent Japan Airlines Co. flights from Hawaii to Japan we...