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News in Easy English: Hiroshima boy guides tourists and shares message of peace

News in Easy English: Hiroshima boy guides tourists and...

HIROSHIMA -- Shun Sasaki, 12, is a sixth-grade student at Hiroshima municipal Gi...

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Looming over two cases threatening Musk's car company is a single question: Can he be trusted?

Looming over two cases threatening Musk's car company i...

MIAMI (AP) -- Elon Musk fought court cases on opposite coasts Monday, raising a ...

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UK, Japan and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza 'must end now'

UK, Japan and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza 'm...

LONDON (AP) -- Twenty-eight countries including Britain, Japan and a host of Eur...

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The Mainichi News Quiz: Why can't that Israeli guy become a pro sumo wrestler?

The Mainichi News Quiz: Why can't that Israeli guy beco...

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

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Tokyo stocks edge up as PM Ishiba vows to stay on after election

Tokyo stocks edge up as PM Ishiba vows to stay on after...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks edged up Tuesday morning as Japanese Prime Ministe...

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Ohtani's big homer and Smith's 2 blasts help Dodgers end home woes with 5-2 win over Twins

Ohtani's big homer and Smith's 2 blasts help Dodgers en...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the bottom of ...

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60% of Japanese military deaths during WWII were from illness or starvation: PM Ishiba

60% of Japanese military deaths during WWII were from i...

TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba mentioned on a July 20 radio program that...

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Japan's Kansai Electric to start survey to replace nuclear reactor

Japan's Kansai Electric to start survey to replace nucl...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it plans to begin a geol...

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Suits filed to null Japan's upper house election over vote disparity

Suits filed to null Japan's upper house election over v...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lawyers on Tuesday filed lawsuits at high courts across Japan t...

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PM Ishiba faces resignation calls from within LDP after election loss

PM Ishiba faces resignation calls from within LDP after...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Tuesday faced mountin...

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Toilet survey finds gender gap in Japan's restrooms

Toilet survey finds gender gap in Japan's restrooms

Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilit...

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Japanese students' English skills improving, but targets unmet

Japanese students' English skills improving, but target...

Over half of Japanese public junior and senior high school students met official...

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New S. Korea foreign minister says patience key to Japan challenges

New S. Korea foreign minister says patience key to Japa...

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korea's new Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Monday that pr...

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3 men die in drowning incidents in Ehime Prefecture

3 men die in drowning incidents in Ehime Prefecture

Three men died in drowning incidents in Ehime Prefecture on Sunday. At around 2:...

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LDP's Mio Sugita loses upper house seat after backlash over discriminatory remarks

LDP's Mio Sugita loses upper house seat after backlash ...

TOKYO -- Former House of Representatives member Mio Sugita failed to secure a se...

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Easy Japanese news in translation: Eel shipping begins in Miyazaki Prefecture

Easy Japanese news in translation: Eel shipping begins ...

The shipping of "shinko eel" began in Miyazaki Prefecture on July 14, ahead of "...