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Politics & GovernmentJapan to require negative test for arrivals from China
All passengers entering Japan on direct flights from mainland China will be required to submit a cer...
January 5, 2023
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Asia-PacificBTS fandom tech firm Weverse reaches beyond K-Pop
SEOUL (Reuters) — When Jin became the first member of K-Pop supergroup BTS to enlist for South Korea...
January 5, 2023
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Asia-PacificAfghan women defy gym ban with secret clubs
Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad tak...
January 5, 2023
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TechnologyHow daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants
Ben Nyberg stood on a knife-edge ridge along Hawaii’s Na Pali Coast, his eyes scouring the leafy rec...
January 5, 2023
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MarketsTokyo market course likely tied to Japan, U.S. policies in year ahead
Tokyo financial markets in 2023 are likely to be heavily swayed by Japanese and U.S. monetary polici...
January 5, 2023
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Weekly EditionThe Japan News / Weekly Edition (1/6-1/12)
Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable format. View t...
January 5, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
Napal: Increased emigration may cause labor shortages in the nation’s food-basket areas
In the last three years, as the coronavirus strangled the economy and rendered tens of thousands job...
January 5, 2023
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General NewsOma tuna fetches ¥36.04 mil. at New Year’s auction in Tokyo
A 212-kilogram bluefin tuna caught off Oma, Aomori Prefecture, sold for ¥36.04 million in the first ...
January 5, 2023
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General NewsJR Yamanote Line services to be partly suspended over weekend
Services on the outer loop of JR Yamanote Line trains will be suspended between JR Osaki and JR Ike...
January 5, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, U.S. to launch body to tackle human rights abuses
The Japanese and U.S. governments plan to jointly establish a new organization to eliminate human ri...
January 5, 2023
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ArtThe lucky daruma: Good for any occasion
A daruma doll is a traditional Japanese craft known as a good luck charm for the New Year. It is als...
January 5, 2023
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General NewsWater discharge from Fukushima N-plant likely to be postponed
The discharge of treated water into the sea at the nuclear accident site in Fukushima Prefecture may...
January 5, 2023
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EnvironmentFrom fireflies to dung beetles, insects are vanishing
As a boy in the 1960s, David Wagner would run around his family’s Missouri farm with a glass jar clu...
January 5, 2023
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General NewsTokyo to introduce SpaceX satellite system to ensure internet access in disasters
The Tokyo metropolitan government intends to introduce SpaceX’s Starlink, a satellite-based internet...
January 5, 2023
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General News1st puffer fish auction of 2023 takes place in Yamaguchi Pref.
SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi — The New Year’s first auction of puffer fish took place at the Haedomari tem...
January 5, 2023