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Japan Taps State Oil Reserves as Middle East Conflict Drives Prices Sky-High
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced Tuesday that Japan will begin releasing oil from state reserves on Thursday, responding to soaring
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Japan: Man arrested after dousing ex-girlfriend with boiling water and hitting her with frying pan
Police in Osaka have arrested a 54-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempting to kill his 49-year-old former girlfriend during
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Asia
Japan, Germany defense ministers discuss potential new pact to deepen ties
Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius emphasized the need for stronger bilateral security cooperation on
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Asia
Niseko Ski Resort Booms with Foreign Cash, But Locals Face Skyrocketing Prices and Immigration Tensions
Under Niseko’s world-famous powder snow on Hokkaido, locals grapple with surging costs and a flood of overseas workers, even as
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Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jab at Japan Summit Sparks Awkwardness Over WWII History and Iran Strike
Senior U.S. and Japanese officials typically avoid blunt references to Japan’s 1941 Pearl Harbor attack on America. That made President
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Kim Jong Un’s Teenage Daughter Seen Driving Army Tank in North Korea’s Latest Succession Signal
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter, believed to be named Ju Ae and around 13 years old, was
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Asia
Japanese Court Sentences Two Teachers in Voyeurism Ring to Suspended Prison Terms for Filming Pupils
A Japanese court on Thursday imposed three-year prison sentences, suspended for five years, on two members of an alleged teachers’
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Japan Rejects US Claim of Major Shift on Taiwan Defense Stance
Tokyo—Japan dismissed a US intelligence report on Thursday that described its potential response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan as
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Asia
Takaichi faces high-wire act in U.S. over Trump’s Iran demands
Trump, who lavished praise on Japan’s first female prime minister during his October visit, will have ample time at their
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Asia
Shigeaki Mori, Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor embraced by Obama, dies at 88
Shigeaki Mori, the survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing ‌whom former U.S. President Barack Obama embraced during a historic visit
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