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May 30 2015
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Magnitude-7.8 quake strikes off Japan's southern coast
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Japan Saturday, shaking buildings in Tokyo and interrupting subway service, but causing no major damage or injuries.
The epicenter was located 540 miles south of Tokyo in the Ogasawara Islands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which initially reported the quake as a magnitu
USA TODAYJan 02 2020
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Turkey Questions Pilots About Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From Japan
Turkish authorities on Thursday questioned seven people, including four pilots, about the role they may have played in helping Carlos Ghosn make his escape from Tokyo to Beirut, offering new clues to his mysterious flight.
New York Times (News)Feb 29 2024
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D.C.’s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom from March 23 to 26, officials predict
The National Park Service predicted Thursday that D.C.'s cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom from March 23 to March 26. Peak bloom is defined as the point when 70 percent of the blossoms along the Tidal Basin have flowered. The event attracts droves of tourists and locals to the Tidal Basin — the reservoir on the Mall — every year to visit the flowering trees, which were a gift from Japan in
Washington PostAug 25 2019
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U.S., Japan agree in principle on trade deal worth ‘billions and billions’
The U.S. and Japan have agreed in principle on a trade deal worth “billions and billions of dollars,” President Trump said Sunday.
Washington TimesFeb 29 2024
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani reveals he was secretly married
Shohei Ohtani, known as Major League Baseball’s “$700 Million Man,” has hit a homerun in the love department. The typically private Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher revealed on Thursday he had secretly gotten married. “Not only have I began a new chapter in my career with the Dodgers but I also have began a new life with someone from my native country of Japan who is very special to me,” he
New York Daily NewsJul 01 2019
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Japan resumes commercial whale hunts for first time in three decades
Japan resumed commercial whaling for the first time in more than three decades — despite low demand and condemnation from conservationists.
The whaling boats set out on a commercial hunting expedition Monday following the country’s controversial decision to exit the International Whaling Commission, an organization dedicated to whale conservation.
Its withdrawal was announced
New York Post (News)May 27 2019
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Trump Opens State Visit, Needles Japan Over Trade Issues
President Donald Trump opened a state visit to Japan on Saturday by needling the country over its trade imbalance with the United States. “Maybe that’s why you like me so much,” he joshed.
Trump also promoted the U.S. under his leadership, saying “there’s never been a better time” to invest or do business in America, and he urged corporate leaders to come.
The president’s first
CBNMay 26 2019
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Trump Opens State Visit To Japan With Remarks About Trade Imbalance
President Donald Trump opened a state visit to Japan on Saturday by needling the country over its trade imbalance with the United States. “Maybe that’s why you like me so much,” he joshed. Trump also promoted the U.S. under his leadership, saying “there’s never been a better time” to invest or do business in America, and he urged corporate leaders to come.
HuffPostFeb 29 2024
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Off the market: Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani announces his marriage
Ohtani wrote on Thursday on Instagram in Japanese: “The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married.” He said his new wife was a “Japanese woman” without identifying her. He said he would reveal more in an interview; presumably at the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training venue. The 29-year-old Ohtani is Japan’s biggest celebrity, and there has
San Jose Mercury NewsApr 27 2019
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Trump Calls On Japan’s Abe to Lift Tariffs on U.S. Farm Goods
President Trump expressed optimism Friday for a new trade deal with Japan, but said Japanese tariffs on U.S. farm products must be lifted—and suggested the U.S. could use levies on Japanese cars as leverage.
Seated in the Oval Office with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Mr. Trump said that Japan “puts very massive tariffs on our agriculture.” But he added, “We don’t tariff their
Wall Street Journal (News)