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Figure Skating
Mar 23, 2023

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara take historic pairs gold at figure skating worlds

Skating nearly without error to “Atlas: Two,” the pair earned a score of 141.44 for a combined score of 221.16.
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2023

Kyoto to introduce Japan's first empty homes tax

The new tax, set for introduction in 2026 at the earliest, aims to boost the property market amid an exodus of young people struggling to secure housing in the city.
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BUSINESS / FOCUS
Mar 23, 2023

As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules

The European Commission proposed the draft rules nearly two years ago in a bid to protect citizens from the dangers of the emerging technology.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2023

Numbers of new HIV infections and AIDS patients hit a 20-year low in Japan

The number of HIV antibody tests conducted at public health centers and other places in 2022 rose by 14,932, or 25.6%, from the previous year.
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Mar 23, 2023

Rinka Kinoshita secures Japan's third medal ever at women's worlds

Kinoshita is guaranteed a podium finish as there is no bronze-medal match at the tournament in New Delhi.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2023

Yakuza-related police investigations hit three-decade low

Japanese police investigated 9,903 members and associate members of yakuza crime syndicates in 2022, down 1,832 from the previous year.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 23, 2023

Sumo's second division takes center stage in Osaka

Jūryō outshines a top division lacking stars and excitement.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

China's Mekong dams turn Thai fishing villages into 'ghost towns'

Local fishing communities who live by the river have seen their harvest fall since China built nearly a dozen dams upstream.
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SUMO
Mar 23, 2023

Amateur yokozuna Daiki Nakamura joins Nishonoseki stable

The NSSU graduate's extensive list of titles in amateur sumo will allow him to start his professional career in May at the rank of makushita 10 (tsukedashi) in the third tier.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2023

Japan's JERA to buy Belgium's top offshore wind company for $1.7 billion

JERA will add Parkwind's four offshore wind farms in Belgium and a new wind farm being built in Germany to its renewable portfolio through the deal.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 23, 2023

Masataka Yoshida shows off his bat at WBC before season with Red Sox

Yoshida, who signed a reported five-year, $90 million deal with the Red Sox, batted cleanup in Japan's final three games of the tournament.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

How India’s hunt for a separatist preacher cut off the internet for 27 million people

The self-styled preacher, Amritpal Singh, has called on his followers to revive a banned secessionist movement that fought to create an independent state called Khalistan.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 23, 2023

Official campaigning for nationwide local elections begins in Japan

The election results are likely to determine whether Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will decide to dissolve the Lower House for a snap general election.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2023

U.S. to gain military access in north Philippines near Taiwan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday that the sites will be identified once formalized with the U.S.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Mar 23, 2023

China OKs its first mRNA vaccine, from drugmaker CSPC

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group said its independently developed mRNA vaccine targets some major omicron subvariants.
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WORLD
Mar 23, 2023

Washington fears a war-weary world may embrace China’s Ukraine peace bid

The proposal has provoked a sense of unease within the administration of President Joe Biden, leading in turn to questions about the broader U.S. approach to both Russia and China.
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Special Supplements
Mar 23, 2023

‘NHK Newsline’ provides an Asian perspective for a global audience

“NHK Newsline” boasts a long history. With roots going back to 2000, the program first emerged in 2007. Today, it is the flagship English-language news show of NHK World-Japan, the international service of Japan’s public broadcaster, covering events from Japan, Asia and around the world on the...
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2023

Tokyo cherry blossoms in full bloom, matching second-earliest record

More than 80% of the flowers on a Somei-Yoshino tree at Yasukuni Shrine were in bloom, fulfilling the full-bloom criteria nine days earlier than average and five days earlier than in 2022.
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WORLD
Mar 23, 2023

U.S. dismisses China's 'marriage of convenience' with Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Beijing had not yet provided military aid to 'junior partner' Moscow to fight in Ukraine.
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WORLD
Mar 23, 2023

U.K.’s Sunak survives day of drama as Boris Johnson grilled by MPs

The prime minister’s position at the head of the governing Conservative Party has been bolstered after months of speculation in Westminster that Johnson could return to power.
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LIFE / Digital / Japan Pulse
Mar 23, 2023

Tokyo gets on board the virtual YouTuber hype train

The local government's move to recruit Gawr Gura, Mori Calliope and Miko Sakura to help promote tourism speaks to just how big the VTuber industry has become in Japan.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2023

Fed opts for hike-and-see in gamble that crisis will stay contained

Officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve are making a calculated risk that, while the recent banking turmoil will likely slow the economy, it won’t mushroom into a broader financial meltdown.
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 23, 2023

‘Shin Kamen Rider’: Superhero romp is fun but not much else

While Hideaki Anno’s third installment in his “Shin” series lacks substance, it packs in the camp and energy of its 1970s source material.
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CULTURE / Stage
Mar 23, 2023

New Japanese playwrights shine on the London stage

A joint collaboration between the Royal Court Theatre and New National Theatre, Tokyo, brought the works of three up-and-coming dramatists to British audiences in January.
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Figure Skating
Mar 22, 2023

One year older and wiser, 'QuadGod' Malinin descends on Saitama

After an impressive 2022 that saw him set records and land the fabled quad axel, anticipation is building as the American prepares to contest the world championships for a second time.
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WORLD
Mar 22, 2023

Marcos says new military bases with U.S. to be 'scattered' around the Philippines

In February Marcos granted the U.S. access to four sites, on top of five existing locations under the 2014 Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2023

North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles off its east coast, South Korea says

The incident is the latest in a series of tests of its weapons as North Korea's rivals, South Korea and the United States, conduct joint military exercises.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 22, 2023

Kishida's Kyiv visit planned in secrecy, but not perfectly

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's unannounced visit failed to remain under wraps until his final arrival.
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Mar 22, 2023

Inoue injury leads to postponement of world title bout with Fulton

Inoue, who turns 30 on April 10, was scheduled to face the 28-year-old Fulton at Yokohama Arena. The parties are aiming to reschedule the fight to July, the gym said.
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JAPAN
Mar 22, 2023

COVID-19 tracker: Tokyo logs 373 new coronavirus cases

The seven-day average of new cases stood at 572.4, down 21.4% from a week earlier.

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