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After its landslide victory in the February House of Representatives election, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been ...

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In the men's professional basketball league (B.League), the championship game to determine Japan's top team was held on May ...

"Mizu-uchiwa" fans are being made at Furukawashiko Co. in Mino, Gifu Prefecture, May 22, 2026. Production is now at its peak ...

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The congressman returned home last Fourth of July to startling stories in Southern California as immigration patrols swept ...