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General News
Families of Japanese abductees fight on
It has now been 25 years since the founding of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped ...
April 1, 2022
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General News
Myriad of changes as fiscal 2022 begins
The Yomiuri Shimbun The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] A number of changes and new ...
April 1, 2022
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Reuters
Biden spurs record emergency oil release in ‘moment of peril’ for world
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Joe Biden on Thursday launched the largest release ever from the U...
April 1, 2022
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Reuters
Ukraine state nuclear firm says all Russian forces have left Chernobyl plant Reuters
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) — The Ukrainian state nuclear company said on Thursday that all of the Russ...
April 1, 2022
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Companies
TEPCO plans to hire outside specialists for counterterrorism
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to hire outside specialists to counter terrorism in...
March 31, 2022
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Reuters
Qatar’s World Cup turf needs chilled stadiums, desalinated water to thrive
DOHA (Reuters) — Winter will come early to soccer stadiums in baking-hot Qatar when groundskeepers b...
March 31, 2022
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Science
Huge spiders to colonize U.S. East Coast, but it may be good
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — Big and scary-looking Joro spiders have spread from Asia to the southern Uni...
March 31, 2022
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Reuters
Ancient sarcophagus found under Notre-Dame Cathedral
PARIS (Reuters) — Archaeologists have found an ancient lead sarcophagus under Notre-Dame Cathedral a...
March 31, 2022
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Politics & Government
Panel: Japan Adopts Measures for Stable Supply of Oil, Rare Metals
Jiji Press [posttime] JST, [postdate] TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The trade ministry on Thursday adopt...
March 31, 2022
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Coronavirus
Panel: Infections may surge again
The daily total of new coronavirus infections around the nation is on an upward trend, and an infec...
March 31, 2022
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Weekly Edition
The Japan News / Weekly Edition (4/1-4/7)
Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable format. View t...
March 31, 2022
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Reuters
Elephant dung filters botanical mix for S. African gin maker
HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) — One of the joys of artisanal gin-making is sniffing the fragran...
March 31, 2022
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Associated Press
Italy seeks to study, sample Europe’s southernmost glacier
ON THE CALDERONE GLACIER, Italy (AP) — Italian scientists are racing against time to study, scan and...
March 31, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan will not abandon Sakhalin-2 LNG stake, Kishida says
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will not abandon its stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) pro...
March 31, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Create deterrence that won’t allow forcible attempts to change status quo
Japan must not allow other countries to mistakenly believe it is possible to change the status quo b...
March 31, 2022