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Australia beats Taiwan in World Baseball Classic opener
Australia beat a Taiwan team, cheered on by thousands of passionate fans, 3-0 in Tokyo on Thursday in the opening game of the World Baseball Classic. A crowd…
Source: Japan Today
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Crimes of the times: Perverts with cameras are everywhere you look
Around the end of the 1990s, criminal psychiatrists began to note a shift in the types of sex-related crimes, away from those involving direct physical assaults to so-called "delusionary…
Source: Japan Today
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7-Eleven Japan now sells bagels…cooked in bamboo steamers
Like a bagel masquerading as a Chinese steamed bun. You never know what you might find when you stop by 7-Eleven, and we were reminded of exactly that on a trip to the chain recently, when we spotted
Source: SoraNews24
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Two-thirds of Cuba, including Havana, hit by blackout
A grid failure knocked out power Wednesday to two-thirds of Cuba including Havana, the national electric company UNE said, the latest electricity collapse for residents suffering daily impacts…
Source: Japan Today
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Trump's White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it
President Donald Trump ’s White House ballroom project is way too big and should be scaled back, an architect and member of the board of the National Trust…
Source: Japan Today
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Japanese startup aborts rocket flight after liftoff
A Japanese startup aborted the flight of its rocket Thursday just over a minute after launch from a space complex in western Japan, the company said, marking another…
Source: Japan Today
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Reeling from loss, Niigata’s animation festival refuses to fold
After losing key organizers and the death of its founder, the festival wasn’t sure it could go on. Instead of going dark, however, NIAFF rebuilt from scratch.
Source: The Japan Times
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Woman's body with knife in it found in house destroyed by fire
The body of a woman with a knife stuck in it was found in the ruins of a house gutted by a fire in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture,…
Source: Japan Today
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Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]
Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out. One of Japan’s most popular udon noodle restaurant chains is named Marugame Seimen, with t
Source: SoraNews24
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Japan Times 1976: Bomb explosion in Sapporo claims 2 lives, injures 85
A note left after the terrorist attack at a government building cited "imperialists" as the target.
Source: The Japan Times
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