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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a session of the Upper House Budget Committee in Tokyo. Approval ratings for Ishiba's government have dropped sharply, polls showed Monday, as the leader faces a backlash for distributing gift vouchers to rookie lawmakers in his ruling party.
The Dodgers' Yoshinobu Yamamoto during training at Tokyo Dome on Monday
How Yoshinobu Yamamoto rebounded after his disastrous MLB debut
Yamamoto is a different pitcher than he was a year ago when he was still adjusting to the transition from NPB to MLB.

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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
The day a religious cult brought terror to Tokyo