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December 17, 2024

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he addresses the lower house of parliament in Berlin on Monday.

WORLD / Politics

Dec 17, 2024

Germany's Scholz loses confidence vote, triggering early elections

Berlin's troubles come as Germany's main European Union partner France is also mired in a government crisis.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Yasuyuki Yoshida stirs a brew in a fermentation tank at his brewery in Hakusan.

The quake that shook Noto's sake brewing tradition

By Alex K.T. Martin

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Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

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