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Looking at politics from a different perspective
Three campaigns in 15 months showed how fragile support can be — and how national power begins far from Tokyo.
Source: The Japan Times
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Phillies release Nick Castellanos; player admits bringing beer into dugout
The Phillies still owe the 33-year-old $20 million.
Source: The Japan Times
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Love, engineered in the age of AI
As chatbots grow more sophisticated, some people are forming romantic bonds — and even marriages — with artificial partners.
Source: The Japan Times
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Super-salty pizza sends six kids to the hospital in Japan, linguistics blamed
Home economics class pizza had more tsumami than it was supposed to. Pizza, famously, is hard to screw up, so much so that “_____ is like pizza. Even when it’s bad, it’s still pretty good,” became sho
Source: SoraNews24
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Mobsters and trash? New NYC mayor's rise stirs Staten Island ire
Locals on the island are overwhelmingly against newly elected left-wing mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Source: The Japan Times
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Yakuza Banned From Japanese Baseball Games
Tokyo police arrested a yakuza member for attending a baseball game, reminding everyone of the 2003 ban. This rule extends to the entire Tokyo Dome venue, potentially affecting idol concerts as well.
Source: SoraNews24
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Sumitomo Forestry's $4.1B US Homebuilder Acquisition
Sumitomo Forestry acquires Tri Pointe Homes for $4.1 billion. This move will make the Japanese company the fifth-largest homebuilder in the US.
Source: Nikkei Asia
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Krispy Kreme Japan’s sakura donuts are almost here!
Cherry blossom donuts scheduled to arrive well before the cherry blossoms themselves, but we’re not complaining. Even though they only bloom for about two weeks, cherry blossoms captivate people’s min
Source: SoraNews24
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New Zealand's Christchurch mosque killer appeals conviction
A white supremacist who shot and killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 launched an appeal Monday seeking to overturn his conviction. Brenton Tarrant, an…
Source: Japan Today
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Israeli president says 'we shall overcome this evil' at Sydney's Bondi Beach
Israel's President Isaac Herzog said Monday people of all faiths will "overcome this evil" as he laid a wreath to commemorate victims of a shooting that killed 15…
Source: Japan Today
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