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Alena Kostornaia sets world record in women’s short program at Grand Prix Final
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:52 AM
Russia’s Alena Kostornaia set a new world record in the women’s short program at the Grand Prix Final on Friday to take a 5.85-point lead.The ... [...]
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Economists agree on one thing about Abe’s stimulus package: It helps the Bank of Japan
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:45 AM
Economists are divided over how much good Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s new stimulus package will do in terms of sparking extra growth, but there’s one ... [...]
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Japanese transport ministry to study shinkansen accessibility for wheelchair users
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:34 AM
Transport minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said Friday a study group will be set up as early as this month to consider how to make bullet trains ... [...]
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Court victory by Elon Musk may reset U.S. legal landscape for libel on social media
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:25 AM
Elon Musk’s daring has left its mark on electric cars and rockets, and now experts say the entrepreneur may have reshaped U.S. defamation law with ... [...]
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Knicks fire David Fizdale, name Mike Miller interim coach
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:18 AM
David Fizdale was the latest coach tasked with trying to turn around the New York Knicks.He was given barely 100 games before the longtime losers ... [...]
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Japanese government may offer companies 25% tax break on investment in startups
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:12 AM
The government and ruling coalition plan to allow companies to deduct 25 percent of the amount they invest in startups from their taxable income, informed ... [...]
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Giant bush fire near Sydney may burn for weeks
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 6:02 AM
A giant blaze that has blanketed Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in a hazardous smoke may take many weeks to put out, fire services said late ... [...]
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In brave new world of China’s digital courts, judges are AI and verdicts come via chat app
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 5:32 AM
Artificial-intelligence judges, cybercourts and verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world of justice.China is encouraging digitization to streamline case-handling within ... [...]
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OPEC agrees to cut oil output from Jan. 1
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 5:24 AM
The powerful OPEC group of oil producers and its allies reached a deal Friday to cut production by 500,000 barrels per day in a bid ... [...]
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China will waive some tariffs on U.S. soybeans and pork in a goodwill gesture
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 5:18 AM
China on Friday confirmed that it will waive import tariffs for some soybeans and pork shipments from the United States as the two sides try ... [...]
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Report names Japan’s top three mega-banks as the world’s biggest lenders to coal plant developers
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 5:14 AM
Japan’s three biggest commercial banks are the world’s top financiers of new coal plants, according to research released Thursday in Spain at the United Nations ... [...]
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Family, friends and Afghans helped by Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura mourn his death
07-Dec-2019 Intellasia | Japan RSS | 5:09 AM
The wife of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, the 73-year-old physician killed earlier this week in a roadside shooting in eastern Afghanistan, wept softly as she stood ... [...]
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