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SOCCER
Dec 12, 2020
Vissel Kobe's Asian Champions League semifinal moved to different venue
The Asian Football Confederation said Friday it has shifted Sunday's Asian Champions League east zone semifinal between Vissel Kobe and Ulsan Hyundai from Doha's Al Janoub Stadium to the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 12, 2020
Braves' Marcell Ozuna becomes first NL player to be named MLB's top DH
The Atlanta Braves' Marcell Ozuna made history on Friday, becoming the first player from the National League to win the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award.
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WORLD
Dec 12, 2020
British Navy to help protect fishing waters in case of no-deal Brexit, newspaper reports
Four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from Jan. 1 to help Britain protect its fishing waters in case of a no-deal Brexit, The Guardian newspaper reported Friday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2020
Volunteer sleuths crack 'Zodiac' serial killer's coded message
A team of volunteer codebreakers has cracked a mysterious cipher sent more than 50 years ago to a newspaper by the San Francisco serial killer who called himself the Zodiac, the FBI said Friday.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2020
Tesla’s China rival Nio joins race for cash with share sale
Chinese electric-car maker Nio Inc. joined the rush for fundraising among new-energy vehicle manufacturers, capitalizing on a 11-fold increase in its share price this year to boost its coffers.
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BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 11, 2020
Airbnb and DoorDash rallies stoke renewed debate on pricing IPOs
Had the shares priced closer to where they started trading, Airbnb could have raised $4 billion more for the company and early investors.
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BUSINESS / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Dec 11, 2020
Far north of Fukushima, a village that bet big on nuclear feels the fallout
Higashidori has been facing an economic crisis due to the uncertain future of nuclear power plants in its vicinity.
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JAPAN / Society / Regional voices: Chubu
Dec 11, 2020
Murder victim’s mother calls for better family support in Japan
While some help is offered on a prefectural basis, Fumiko Isogai, whose daughter was killed 13 years ago, wants a centralized safety net.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 11, 2020
Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai charged with collusion under new security law
Shares of Next Digital, founded by Lai, climbed 18% after reports he was to be charged — Hong Kong residents have piled into shares of the company to show support for him.
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SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Dec 11, 2020
With sea and sake, using business to revitalize regions
Various efforts are being made by stakeholders, both public and private, to revitalize rural areas in Japan. Using the power of business is an effective way to reinvigorate regions, and rejuvenated communities can in return support the sustainability of businesses. Businesses that grow with communities...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2020
China sends sanctioned official to U.S. commerce dinner in Beijing
The Chinese government was represented at the annual American Chamber of Commerce in China event in Beijing by Wang Chen, a member of the Communist Party's Politburo.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2020
Japanese libraries hope UV machine gives visitors peace of mind
Libraries across the country are installing the machine, which takes 30 seconds to sterilize a book using UV light and flutter its pages to clear out dust.
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EDITORIALS
Dec 10, 2020
Hayabusa2's successful mission may help us reclaim our own past
Science now allows us to pluck pieces of our history from asteroids as they whiz by.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 10, 2020
Sony to buy anime streaming service Crunchyroll for ¥120 billion
The deal will give Sony access to Crunchyroll's 3 million paying subscribers across more than 200 countries and regions.
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WORLD
Dec 10, 2020
U.S. nears final COVID-19 vaccine review as daily deaths top 3,250
Steady movement toward a vaccine rollout on the eve of a critical review by leading U.S. medical experts comes as COVID-19 caseloads surged alarmingly higher, straining health care systems.
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MULTIMEDIA
Dec 10, 2020
A glimpse of sumo's future
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WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2020
U.K. issues anaphylaxis warning on Pfizer vaccine after adverse reactions
Britain began mass vaccinating its population on Tuesday, part of a global drive that poses one of the biggest logistical challenges in peacetime history.
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BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2020
'Buy or bury': Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram
The complaints say the social media giant relies on a strategy to snap up rivals and keep smaller competitors at bay.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Dec 9, 2020
Japan to order nationwide disinfection against bird flu outbreak
Bird flu has been detected at six regional prefectures since last month in Japan's worst outbreak in more than four years.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 9, 2020
Japan firms' winter bonus payments face biggest fall since 2009, Nikkei survey says
The drop would exceed the 5.37% decline in summer bonus payments, according to the Nikkei, showing how the strain on corporate profits from the pandemic is spreading to households.

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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers