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Companies
Japan’s Ito-Yokado revamps Chiba Pref.-store floor design to attract more customers
Ito-Yokado Co. has overhauled the layout of its Makuhari store in Chiba to allow customers to purch...
July 18, 2022
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Economy
Japan’s tech companies focus on work-style reforms to secure talent
Technology companies in Japan are focusing on work-style reforms to improve working conditions in a...
July 18, 2022
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Economy
Large power storage facility to be built in Wakayama Pref.
A large-scale power storage facility capable of storing enough electricity to meet the daily needs o...
July 18, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Unification Church complains about “untruthful” media reports
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, better known as the Unifi...
July 18, 2022
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Washington Post
An attack on a military base in Somalia shows al-Shabab’s deadly power
MOGADISHU, Somalia – In the predawn hours, the militants of al-Shabab attacked the peacekeepers’ bas...
July 18, 2022
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Washington Post
A new gold rush pits money and jobs against California’s environment
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – Where the Sacramento Valley steepens into the Sierra Nevada, Susan Love found...
July 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Texas House report on Uvalde shooting blames all agencies at the scene
The most exhaustive report yet on the May 24 mass shooting inside a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school...
July 18, 2022
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Associated Press
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck wed in Las Vegas drive-through
NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were wed Saturday in a late-night Las Vegas drive-thr...
July 18, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Shooting suspect in slaying of Japan ex-PM Abe focused on making a ‘precision’ weapon
NARA — When police investigating the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered the suspec...
July 18, 2022
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General News
Forests absorbing less CO2 as aging trees left uncared for
Although the forest area in Japan hardly changed, the amount of greenhouse gases absorbed by forest...
July 18, 2022
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General News
Thai tourists get warm welcome in Gunma Prefecture
MAEBASHI — Tourists from Thailand recently got an enthusiastic welcome in the town of Minakami, as m...
July 17, 2022
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Art
Scenic Ome ryokan inn transformed into art museum
OME, Tokyo — A private art museum in front of Mitake Station on the JR Ome Line was once a ryokan tr...
July 17, 2022
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General News
Yamahoko float parade returns in Kyoto’s Gion festival
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — A procession of decorative “yamahoko” floats was held in Kyoto’s Gion Matsuri ...
July 17, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
System reform can lead to ensuring job opportunities
It is hoped that opportunities to work will be increased for persons with disabilities as well, acc...
July 17, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Protect small theaters that nurture filmmakers’ talent
Japan has produced many internationally acclaimed filmmakers. It is hoped that diversity in films w...
July 17, 2022