Adam Yamaguchi

CBS News, Innovation Nation on CBS

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In the United States, the percentage of obese adults is about ten times what it is in Japan, even though fast food, junk food, pizza and donuts are also popular there.

@adamyamaguchi looks at what differentiates the Japanese diet. He also learns how one company helps track its employees' health and how schools make it their mission to design lunches that give Japanese children a taste of a healthy life.https://t.co/5CXzBC3avW

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Seven properties, a Mercedes G-Wagon, sneakers worn by Kobe Bryant and a Mickey Mantle rookie card worth $1.5 million. All of these things were bought with taxpayer money.

Paul Randall pleaded guilty in one of the largest Medicaid fraud schemes in the California history – diverting more than $270 million in tax dollars.

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"It should offend every American taxpayer that these people are taking advantage of the system": Criminals who steal from taxpayers by defrauding state-run hospice care, daycare and food assistance programs are facing a federal crackdown.

@adamyamaguchi reports on a man who pleaded guilty this year on one of the largest medical fraud cases in California history.

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The controversial influencer known as Clavicular spoke out early Wednesday morning after he appeared to have suffered from an overdose while livestreaming in Miami on Tuesday night and was rushed to a hospital.

The influencer, whose real name is Braden Eric Peters, is known for “looksmaxxing.” Here’s what to know about the online subculture.

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"If I have a heart attack at 30, I have a heart attack": One 16-year-old told CBS News that he started taking a steroid known as tren, which was developed for livestock, after seeing gym influencers participating in the looksmaxxing trend on social media.

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The California Department of Justice and several other state agencies arrested five people Wednesday in a crackdown on an alleged hospice fraud ring. State Attorney General Rob Bonta said the alleged fraud had cost California $267 million through bogus charges to Medi-Cal.

CBS News' @adamyamaguchi spoke with Bonta about the state's efforts to end health care fraud. https://t.co/aDSK8g4VMK

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This is absolutely absurd.

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@BenVerlander @FlippinBatsPod A handful of Japanese fans have stopped me here… to talk and ask about you. You’ve got quite the fandom in Japan.

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MLB star Shohei Ohtani returned to Japan last week for an exhibition game, playing in front of a home crowd for the first time since becoming a World Series champion. In a rare interview, the baseball superstar discussed his homecoming with CBS News' @adamyamaguchi.

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@adamyamaguchi Update: @DOJBJA announced it "will conduct the first annual review of DCRA compliance for all states and make recommendations for corrective actions."

They're finally going to audit when law enforcement fail to report deaths in custody (it's the law) https://t.co/SXd8PRtqcf

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Remarkable: People are killed by county sheriffs at a rate 3x higher than city police, a @CBSNews investigation by @EDCauchi & @adamyamaguchi finds.

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Gotta say, THIS is genius. Watch a FLAT floor turn into a 900 seat theater in seven minutes. See how it's done on a new episode of @CBSInnovationTV tomorrow morning. BTW, that's also the world's largest disco ball at the top. @adamyamaguchi bought it and took it home. Wierd.

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Cuomo's message to people who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus: "This is going to form a new generation, and it will transform who we are and how we think. But you're not alone. You're not alone. Nobody is alone." https://t.co/ciwYN92xE6

[Adam Yamaguchi @adamyamaguchi]

All day every day. So wise. @ Los Angeles, California https://t.co/BNcXeUtbw5

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Because. Our lives may pause but the planet will not. Climate change driven gentrification is a thing. https://t.co/PKCueepdJZ

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Brief rest from the exhaustion of laying on the couch @ Culver City, California https://t.co/Zp4w1OFTxH

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

I have discovered the joys of having my working clothes be the same as my sleeping clothes and honestly, I don’t ever want to go back to pre-covid19 days.

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"We know that the world is a tough place to be in right now, so grab a glass of wine and watch this #PuppyCart and everything will be better." - Nebraska Humane Society, sharing a video of 8-week old puppies – all named after different types of wine 💜 https://t.co/ZyDX2s70Sp

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