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CoronavirusTokyo to log more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases for the 1st time
Tokyo is expected to log more than 40,000 new novel coronavirus infection cases Thursday, surpassing...
July 28, 2022
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Associated PressWNBA’s Griner tells drug trial: ‘My career is my whole life’
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner testified at her drug possession tria...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & CourtsAoki’s headquarters raided in connection with Tokyo Games bribery case
Prosecutors began raiding the main office of leading business attire retailer Aoki Holdings Inc. on ...
July 28, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentIndonesia to remove import curbs on Japanese foods
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday announced the complete removal of...
July 28, 2022
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Associated PressAsian shares, oil prices mostly higher after Fed rate hike
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up ...
July 28, 2022
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Associated PressKim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he’s ready to use his nuclear weapo...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & Courts4 TEPCO ex-execs appeal compensation order
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Four former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesd...
July 28, 2022
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General NewsHeatstroke sufferers triple in Japan in June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of people taken to hospital by ambulance due to heatstroke totaled 1...
July 28, 2022
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Crime & CourtsGovernors offer prayer to Shinzo Abe at shooting site in Nara Pref.
NARA — Governors attending the National Governors' Association conference in Nara visited the site o...
July 28, 2022
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General NewsJapan’s 2nd monkeypox case confirmed in Tokyo
A new case of monkeypox, which has been spreading alarmingly around the globe, has been confirmed in...
July 28, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (July 28)
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July 28, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese science council shifts stance on dual-use research
The Science Council of Japan has effectively endorsed advanced science and technology research that ...
July 28, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialJapan should watch, learn from efforts being made in Europe
Russia, a resource-rich country, has been squeezing its supply of natural gas to Europe in an effort...
July 28, 2022
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General NewsRight to reconstruct iconic Tokyo capsule building to go on auction block
The architectural office of the world-renowned late architect Kisho Kurokawa will sell the rights to...
July 28, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Executions of pro-democracy activists display lack of respect for human life
Pro-democracy activists were among the four people Myanmar’s military executed as it continues its o...
July 28, 2022