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Tuna fetches ¥36.04 mil at New Year auction in Tokyo
A bluefin tuna fetched 36.04 million yen ($273,000) on Thursday at the New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, more than double the top… Read
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Sony unveiled a new high-tech prototype car it will produce in partnership with Honda at the CES tech show Wednesday. The vehicle, first announced in October, glided… Read
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Japan on Thursday reported 226,904 new coronavirus cases, up 122,600 from Wednesday. Tokyo reported 20,735 new cases, up 10,181 from Wednesday. The number of infected… Read
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China is experiencing a huge COVID-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number of countries are worried about… Read
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