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CoronavirusMany Japan nurseries stop identifying close COVID-19 contacts to allow parents to work
A growing number of local governments no longer require nursery schools to identify people who have ...
August 14, 2022
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General NewsSazae-san fires strike for crime prevention
Sazae-san, a cheerful popular TV cartoon character from a program of the same name, threw out the ce...
August 14, 2022
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General NewsAwa Odori festival back after 3 years
TOKUSHIMA — The Awa Odori dance festival is stepping back into areas of Tokushima City at outdoor ve...
August 14, 2022
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Washington PostTrump’s secrets: How a records dispute led the FBI to search Mar-a-Lago
As FBI agents pulled up to Donald Trump's Florida club Monday morning to conduct a search for top-se...
August 14, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentU.S. Vice President Harris likely to attend former PM Abe’s state funeral
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is set to visit Japan to attend the state funeral for former Prim...
August 14, 2022
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TroubleshooterI’m worried about my husband’s reckless driving
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my 50s. My husband, who is from the same generation as me, ...
August 14, 2022
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Troubleshooter
My daughter is made fun of, talked about behind her back at school
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a woman in my 40s. My daughter told me that she doesn’t want to go to sch...
August 14, 2022
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ReutersLiz Truss 22 points ahead in race to be Britain’s next PM
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is 22 percentage points ahead of her rival ...
August 14, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialIt’s time to move on to the next round of reforms
Raising the consumption tax rate and securing a stable source of funding for social security was hig...
August 14, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Create workplaces that do not cause mental illness
There is no end to cases in which people suffer from mental disorders caused by stress at work. The ...
August 14, 2022
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Asia-PacificNorth Korea criticises U.N. chief’s support for the North’s denuclearisation
SEOUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) - North Korea's foreign ministry on Sunday criticized the United Nations Sec...
August 14, 2022
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Associated PressRussian shelling heavy in east; Ukraine strikes key bridge
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming ...
August 14, 2022
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General NewsStudy abroad project allows prefectures to select students
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is aiming to dispatch 5,000 high sch...
August 14, 2022
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Associated PressRushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able...
August 14, 2022
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Associated Press8 Israelis wounded in Jerusalem shooting
JERUSALEM (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City early Sunday, wounding eigh...
August 14, 2022