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Politics & GovernmentJapan Cabinet Approves Plan to Launch New Disaster Management Agency as Central Command for Major Earthquakes
The government on Friday approved a basic policy framework for the establishment of the envisaged...
December 26, 2025
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CompaniesRecord 125 Firms Give Up TSE Listing This Year, Responding to Shareholder Demands, New Criteria
A record 125 companies are expected to have withdrawn from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2025, up b...
December 26, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialRevision of Medical Service Fees: Promote Steady Wage Increases for Medical Personnel
Wages for nurses, pharmacists and other medical personnel have not been as high as those for work...
December 26, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentTakaichi’s 1st U.S. Visit as Japanese Prime Minister Eyed for March; Seeks to Explain Japan’s Side of Issues Involving China
The Japanese and U.S. governments are arranging for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to visit the Un...
December 26, 2025
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Soccer‘King Kazu’ Determined to Rebound, Return for 41st Season
Having just completed his 40th season as a professional soccer player that was hampered by injuri...
December 26, 2025
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Crime & CourtsFormer Head of Luxury Watch Sharing Service Company Arrested After Returning from UAE
Tokyo police on Friday arrested the former head of a luxury watch sharing service company who is ...
December 26, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
80 Years since End of WWII: Continue Considering Ways to Face Unsolved Challenges
The milestone year marking 80 years since the end of World War II is drawing to a close. Yet many...
December 26, 2025
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General NewsNew Bear Warning Signs in Japan Aimed at Informing Travelers, Made Widely Available to Help Prevent Attacks
The Japan Tourism Agency has released a set of pictograms warning against feeding or approaching ...
December 26, 2025
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General NewsDecorative Kumade Rakes ‘Rake In’ Good Luck for New Year
Workers assemble decorative fuku-kumade “lucky rakes” at the workshop of a cooperative in Nara Ci...
December 26, 2025
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BaseballDodgers Superstar Shohei Ohtani Heads 1st Wave of Samurai Japan Players Named for WBC
It’s official. Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, a key member of Samurai Japan’s victo...
December 26, 2025
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ObituariesScreenwriter Makiko Uchidate Dies at 77; 1st Woman to Serve on Yokozuna Council
Screenwriter Makiko Uchidate died on Dec. 17 from acute heart failure at the age of 77.
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Washington PostOn Mount Fuji, Summit Udon Is a Lifesaver
MOUNT FUJI, Japan - The climb doesn’t reveal its difficulty all at once. It starts slowly, before...
December 26, 2025
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Associated PressBlast at Mosque in Nigeria Kills 5 and Injures More Than 30 in Apparent Suicide Attack
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria’s northeastern city o...
December 26, 2025
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Associated PressAlgeria Votes to Declare French Colonization a Crime and Demands Restitution
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Legislators in Algeria voted to declare France’s colonization of the Nort...
December 26, 2025
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ReutersJapan’s Topix Gauge Touches Record High on Easing Debt Concerns (UPDATE 1)
TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japan's broad Topix gauge touched a record high on Friday, as easing co...
December 26, 2025