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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeYomiuri Survey: 935 Care Facility Residents Evacuated After Noto Peninsula Earthquake, 150 Have Died Without Returning
A total of 935 residents at 29 care facilities, including special nursing homes for the elderly, ...
December 28, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialConsumption Tax Delinquency: Businesses’ Unauthorized Use for Other Purposes Is Unacceptable
Consumption tax delinquency has been on the rise. If this tax, which is the closest to the people...
December 28, 2025
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Other SportsMuseum Mile Wins Arima Kinen; Cosmo Kuranda Comes in 2nd, Danon Decile 3rd
Second-favorite Museum Mile won the 70th Arima Kinen on Sunday, finishing neck-and-neck with 11th...
December 28, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentTakaichi Starts Year-End Holidays, Plans Move to PM Official Residence; Duties Scheduled Despite Holidays
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi began her New Year holidays on Saturday and is expected to remain o...
December 28, 2025
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TroubleshooterI Said Hurtful Things to My Family, but I Don’t Remember Saying Them
I’m a homemaker in my 70s. Now I live with my husband, and our married daughter lives near our ho...
December 28, 2025
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General NewsBoy Dies After Arm Trapped in Escalator at Hokkaido Ski Resort (Update 1)
A 5-year-old boy died on Sunday after his arm was caught in an escalator at a ski resort in Otaru...
December 28, 2025
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General NewsTokyo BRT to Open New Route Between Tokyo Station, Harumi Flag in Autumn 2026; New Bus Stops to Be Added Along New Route
The Tokyo bus rapid transit (BRT) will get a new route around autumn next year, the Tokyo metropo...
December 28, 2025
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Jiji PressConvenience Store Chain Lawson May Start OTC Drug Delivery in 2026
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Convenience store chain Lawson Inc. plans to launch as early as 2026 a deliv...
December 28, 2025
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Washington PostSouth Korea’s Hottest New Dance Clubs Open at 9 (a.m.)
The vibes were just like a typical night out here. Except it was 9 o’clock. In the morning. And t...
December 28, 2025
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Washington PostThe U.S. Sank the Alleged Narco-Terrorists’ Boat — and Let Them Go
QUITO, Ecuador - The police arrived at the airport prepared to arrest a drug trafficker - a marin...
December 28, 2025
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CompaniesBerkshire to Keep Japanese Trader Shares after Buffet’s Exit
NEW YORK (Jiji Press) — U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to keep its shares ...
December 28, 2025
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Washington PostShe Spent the War Planning to Stay in Gaza. Now She Is Ready to Leave.
Against all odds, Diana Shams was planning to celebrate her daughter Rose’s third birthday at hom...
December 28, 2025
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Washington Post74 Suicide Warnings and 243 Mentions of Hanging: What ChatGPT Said to a Suicidal Teen
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework ...
December 28, 2025
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Travel SpotsBuddhist Monks Ring in New Year at Chion-in in Kyoto; Massive Bells Struck with Full Force to Ward off Evil Desires
A Buddhist monk in a horizontal position strikes a bell with all his might at Chion-in temple in ...
December 28, 2025
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General NewsWolf Caught After Going Missing at Tokyo Zoo; No Injuries Reported (Update 1)
A wolf was found hours after it went missing at Tama Zoological Park in Hino, Tokyo, on Sunday af...
December 28, 2025