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Sunday, December 6, 2020

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PHONES, CAMERAS INSTALLED Police scramble for ways to protect victims at empty ‘koban’ December 6, 2020 A woman in her 20s who was groped on the street ran 40 meters and arrived at a “koban” police box seeking protection from her attacker. But her nightmare escalated there.
4.5-DEGREE INCREASE CITED Things will get very hot if Paris accord climate goals not met December 5, 2020 A long-term forecast for weather patterns in Japan suggests that average temperatures will rise by about 4.5 degrees if the government fails to implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Paris Agreement on climate change.

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