KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 17:15 | Sports, Lifestyle, All

A record-breaking Japanese female free diver died Monday following an accident last week, having fallen from her apartment in the southern isl…

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Yesterday, Yu-Gi-Oh! creat…

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Walking just under 9,000 steps a day could help protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease, researchers have claimed.

In a new study published in journal JAMA Neurology, a team of scientists assessed…

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This August, Nintendo is releasing a new Switch model with a longer battery life. It will be priced the same as the current model and, aside from the improved battery, feature the sam…

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After a decade as a journalist in Washington DC, working for a variety of outlets and covering a number of different beats, I'd thought I'd seen everything. Apparently, I was wrong.

No elected repres…

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The last time I saw Hideo Kojima, we were both naked.

It was at a traditional Japanese ryokan’s rotenburo (outdoor bath), on a Konami company vacation near Mount Fuji. He was a lot thinner then, befo…

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On Capitol Hill Thursday, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan defended his efforts to fix the border crisis. Just 24 hours earlier, CBS News met with McAleenan in Texas. It was the fir…

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Americans reflect on the pain of being told "go back to your country"

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KYODO NEWS - 14 hours ago - 17:50 | Sports, News, All, Japan

Japanese astronauts will broadcast messages of encouragement from space during the torch relays for both the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paraly…

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KYODO NEWS - 15 hours ago - 17:19 | Sports, News, All, Japan

John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said Monday the Japane…

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