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General News
Job Stability, Work Reforms Thought Key to Upping Birth Rate
Stable employment and reforms in working practices will likely be key in tackling the declining birt...
January 24, 2023
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General News
Expanding Child Allowance System No Easy Task for Japan Government
Full-fledged discussions have gotten underway about how to realize Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s po...
January 23, 2023
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Markets
Tokyo Stocks Climb on Wall St. Rally Buoyed by Tech Issues
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks continued to climb Monday fueled by a Wall Street rally, with tech...
January 23, 2023
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Politics & Government
Prime Minister Needs to Foster Empathy to Regain Public Support
In his policy speech Monday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida described the state of the world, includin...
January 23, 2023
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Politics & Government
Japan PM: Tackling Declining Birth Rate is Top Priority
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Monday to reverse the decline in the nation’s birth rate, sayin...
January 23, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
S. Korean Fantasy Saga Rakes in Record-high Deal for Overseas Rights
The author of the fantasy saga that broke the record for a single export deal in Korean literature s...
January 23, 2023
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Defense & Security
U.S. Won’t Send Medium-Range Missiles to Japan as Part of First Island Chain Strategy
The U.S. government has decided not to send ground-launched medium-range missiles to U.S. forces in ...
January 23, 2023
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Defense & Security
Japan, U.S. to Review Division of Roles in Regional Security
In light of Japan revising its three security-related documents, the Japanese and U.S. governments a...
January 23, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Police Evacuate Residence After Second Phone Seized
Police are guarding an evacuated Tokyo residence after the address was found on the second smartphon...
January 23, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Identifying Risk Areas to Prevent Crime Is an Important Issue
How should a balance be struck between realizing universities that are open to all and ensuring camp...
January 23, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Is Xi Administration Looking at Actual Situation?
This is not the time for believing that the number of births can be increased or decreased by a sing...
January 23, 2023
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Crime & Courts
Tokyo Police Suspect Kanto Robbers also Committed Similar Crimes in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Prefectures
Members of a group involved in a series of robberies in the Kanto region are suspected of also commi...
January 23, 2023
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General News
Strongest Cold Wave of Season to Hit Tuesday
The Japanese archipelago is expected to experience the strongest cold wave of the season, starting T...
January 23, 2023
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General News
Japan Govt Issues Administrative Guidance to Unification Church over Adoption
The government on Monday issued a letter of administrative guidance to the Unification Church over i...
January 23, 2023
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Associated Press
East Asia marks Lunar New Year of the Rabbit
BEIJING (AP) — From Jakarta to Seoul, Bangkok to Beijing, people in Asia have been celebrating the L...
January 23, 2023