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Yomiuri EditorialInsurance Coverage for Childbirth: Financial Burden on Expectant Mothers Must Be Reduced
If childbirth costs were uniformly capped regardless of which hospital or clinic is used, mothers...
December 23, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Budget Proposal for Fiscal 2026: General Account to Hit Record ¥122 Trillion
The government is making final arrangements for a total of about ¥122 trillion in the general acc...
December 23, 2025
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General NewsHepburn Romaji Deemed Standard for Japanese Words, Names; Change from Kunrei Style to Be Implemented in Fiscal 2026
The government has decided to make the Hepburn style of romaji, or romanized Japanese, the offici...
December 23, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentSalaries of Japan’s SDF Personnel to Increase in Fiscal 2027; Schedule Moved up by 1 Year
The government decided at a ministerial meeting on Monday to increase the basic salary of Self-De...
December 23, 2025
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Crime & CourtsJapanese Woman Investigated for Allegedly Attempting to Break into BTS Member Jung Kook’s Home
SEOUL — Police announced Monday that they are investigating a Japanese woman in her 50s on suspic...
December 23, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (December 23)
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December 23, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Govt Adopts 1st Basic Plan on AI
Tokyo, Dec. 23 (Jiji Press)—The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday adopted its firs...
December 23, 2025
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ReutersJapan Shares Rise as Bond Yields Retreat; Tech Jitters Weigh on Nikkei (Update 1)
TOKYO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday as a retreat in domestic bond yields fr...
December 23, 2025
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General NewsJapanese Actors Haru, Mahiro Takasugi Announce Marriage
Actors Haru and Mahiro Takasugi announced their marriage through their respective Instagram accou...
December 23, 2025
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Washington PostCongolese Rape Survivors Search in Vain for Medicine after USAID Cuts
Nadine was a top student at her high school in eastern Congo. Then, in April, she was gang-raped ...
December 23, 2025
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ReutersNvidia Aims to Begin H200 Chip Shipments to China by Mid-February, Sources Say
Dec 22 (Reuters) - Nvidia NVDA.O has told Chinese clients it aims to start shipping its second-mo...
December 23, 2025
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ReutersCar Bomb Kills Russian General in Moscow, Investigators Say
MOSCOW, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monda...
December 23, 2025
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ReutersChina Likely Loaded More Than 100 Icbms in Silo Fields, Pentagon Report Says
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China is likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ball...
December 23, 2025
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ObituariesFormer Japan Top Bureaucrat Kazuhiro Sugita Dies at 84
Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Jiji Press)—Kazuhiro Sugita, who was Japan’s longest-serving deputy chief cabinet...
December 23, 2025
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Associated PressTrump Warns Maduro against Playing ‘Tough’ as US Escalates Pressure Campaign on Venezuela
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuel...
December 23, 2025