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Heavy snow forecast for Tokyo region through Monday morning

Snowfall could reach 30 centimeters in Yamanashi Prefecture, 20 cm in Nagano and the western part of Kanagawa, and 8 cm in central Tokyo.
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Protesters flood Ottawa, and a border bridge is still blocked in Ontario

By Saturday night, the Ambassador Bridge, a key crossing at the U.S.-Canada border, was still closed. Protesters in Ottawa, the capital, vastly outnumbered the police.
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Ukraine crisis won’t take Washington’s eyes off North Korea, top U.S. diplomat says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hinted that Pyongyang could continue to test weapons, including a possible long-range missile, amid fears of a Russian ...
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Body of Japanese F-15 fighter pilot killed in crash last month found

Two pilots — Col. Koji Tanaka, 52, and Capt. Ryusei Ueta, 33 — were aboard the aircraft that crashed. The ASDF did not reveal which ...
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More in Japan went to work and school despite vaccine side effects, survey finds

The government is asking that firms adopt a leave system for employees suffering side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, but the survey showed that many people ...
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Japan ready to raise daily cap on entrants to 5,000

The government may raise the daily number of people allowed to enter the country from the current 3,500 to around 5,000, easing its COVID-19 border ...
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Japan venture to build country’s first nuclear fusion power plant

Kyoto Fusioneering Ltd., a startup based in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, plans to start operations at the nuclear fusion plant in the next five years.
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U.S. battles Putin by disclosing his next possible moves

Declassified information is part of a campaign to complicate what officials say are Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine.
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Biden-Putin call is inconclusive as Ukraine tensions soar

Biden warned Putin that Russia would face "severe costs” if he invaded Ukraine. The Russian leader accused the U.S. of failing to provide him with ...
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New COVID cases in Tokyo down week-on-week for fourth straight day

The capital confirmed 11,765 new infections Saturday, down by some 9,300 from a week before.