Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike is about to be re-elected in Sunday’s polls, fueled by public support for her coronavirus management despite a recent surge in infections that has raised concerns about the resurgence of the disease. The first woman to head the Japanese capital, Koike, 67, is also seen as …
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Japan is evacuating tens of thousands of residents on the southern island of Kyushu amidst torrential flooding. Fifteen people are already feared dead and nine missing, Reuters reported, citing local media. Authorities have already told 92,200 households in Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures to leave amid concerns over rising floods and …
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Japanese officials formally asked the United States to extradite two Americans accused of helping former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn carry out their escape from the Tokyo action movie. Japan submitted its requests for the extradition of former Green Beret Michael Taylor and his son Peter to the US State Department …
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Do you remember MariCar? It is a company that offers karting tours around Tokyo, where participants dress up as characters from the Super Mario Serie. As you can imagine, this annoying Nintendo, which brought MariCar to court in a copyright infringement case against the karting company in 2017. It was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks stagnated near a four-month high on Friday and the metallic copper industrialist dragged on its longest weekly winning streak in nearly three years as coronavirus nerves persisted in the recent recovery. FILE PHOTO: A street cleaning agent passes by the London Stock Exchange Group building …
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