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Coronavirus
Govt eyes alternatives to reporting all COVID cases
The government has indicated it intends to speed up a review of the pandemic-related regulation that...
August 20, 2022
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Art
Giant portraits take over park in Kobe
Inside Out Project Kobe, an art event that pastes giant portraits on walls, is being held at Meriken...
August 20, 2022
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Travel Spots
Late summer blooms
Sulfur cosmos flowers carpet the grounds of the Fujiwara Palace Ruins in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture....
August 20, 2022
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General News
Government to subsidize local ‘My Number’ reward schemes
The central government plans to subsidize points schemes linked to My Number identification cards op...
August 20, 2022
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General News
Tokyo Gov. Koike to gather information on organ trafficking
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday that the Tokyo metropolitan government will “gather necessary in...
August 20, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 20, 2022
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General News
Lawsuit seeks injunction against state funeral for Abe
Members of a citizens’ group filed a lawsuit Friday in Osaka District Court seeking an injunction ag...
August 20, 2022
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Companies
Mitsui to notify Russia of keeping rights and interests in Sakhalin-2 project
Mitsui & Co. plans to notify the Russian government of its intention to maintain its rights and inte...
August 20, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Reforms needed to improve technical intern program
The poor working conditions of foreign trainees in Japan’s so-called technical intern program have l...
August 20, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Industry, govt, academia must strive to make use of Japan’s seabed resources
If the mining of rare mineral resources in the seabed in waters around Japan can be commercialized, ...
August 20, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Kagawa: When you wish upon a cucumber …
SHODOSHIMA, Kagawa — An unusual Buddhist ritual in which a cucumber is used to pray for the healing ...
August 20, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Kochi: Traditional spider sumo tournament held at shrine
SHIMANTO, Kochi — A shrine in Shikoku held a spider wrestling tournament earlier this month where lo...
August 20, 2022
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Washington Post
Kamoya Kimeu, renowned fossil hunter in Africa, is dead
Kamoya Kimeu, a Kenyan who worked with the renowned Leakey family of paleontologists, was considered...
August 20, 2022
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Washington Post
Lockdowns long over, Americans still hooked on online groceries
The arrival of Covid-19 disrupted lifestyles, and prognosticators weighed in on the long-term change...
August 20, 2022
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Washington Post
Oscars producer Will Packer finds fixing Hollywood a never-ending job
In “Beast,” the Universal Pictures thriller released Friday, Idris Elba plays a father locked in a b...
August 20, 2022