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October 2, 2022 at 12:31 pm

North Korea ‘using Chinese, Russian vaccines to battle covid-19’

SHENYANG, China - North Korea has been vaccinating against covid-19 since the end of August, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from a Chinese-North Korean trade...

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July 31, 2022 at 10:24 am

Most A-bomb survivors in Japan fear use of nukes again

More than 80% of atomic bomb survivors believe the possibility of nuclear weapons being used has increased since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to...

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July 28, 2022 at 12:48 pm

Japan finds more than half of nursing home deaths going unreported to public

TOKYO - About 60% of Japan's local governments do not disclose information about fatal accidents reported by nursing homes and other elderly facilities, according to...

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July 27, 2022 at 3:53 pm

China’s blistering heat strains power grids and disrupts farming

The disruptions in the world's No. 2 economy are yet another sign of the risk posed by increasingly frequent extreme weather events caused by climate...

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Travis Kalanick, founder and former chief executive officer of Uber Inc., center, stands on the trading floor during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, May 10, 2019. The No. 1 ride-hailing company’s shares will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange after it raised $8.1 billion in the biggest U.S. IPO since 2014, pricing shares at $45 each. 775340026

July 11, 2022 at 5:54 pm

‘Violence guarantee success’: Leaked Uber texts paint troubling picture of ride-share giant

Documents revealed how the ride-hailing company aggressively entered cities around the world — while frequently challenging the reach of existing laws and regulations.

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June 17, 2022 at 7:08 pm

Top court rules Japanese government not liable over Fukushima nuclear disaster

Japan's Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government is not responsible for paying damages to residents who were displaced following the nuclear accident at Fukushima...