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General News
Netflix’s Japan subsidiary fined for ¥1.2 bil. tax loophole scheme through 2019
U.S. streaming giant Netflix, Inc.’s subsidiary in Japan was found to have used tax loopholes to red...
March 21, 2022
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General News
People fix quake-toppled tombstones following March 16 temblor in Japan
A man on Sunday puts back in place a tombstone at a cemetery in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, after it wa...
March 21, 2022
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General News
Japan to launch AI translation system for foreign job seekers
To support foreign workers, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will start translating job listin...
March 21, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo’s daily infection numbers expected to stay around 6,000 in April
New cases of coronavirus infection are expected to remain at about 6,000 a day in Tokyo after the M...
March 21, 2022
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General News
War forces elderly Japanese man to abandon home in Ukraine
After decades living in Ukraine, 78-year-old Hidekatsu Furikhata was forced to flee to Japan to esca...
March 21, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Advertisers asked to shoulder more responsibility in online market
An increasing number of people are using online shopping sites and other similar services. Advertise...
March 21, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan, India must show solidarity in response to Russia’s heinous actions
Russia’s heinous actions must be stopped, and efforts must be made to restore the damaged internatio...
March 21, 2022
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General News
Japan PM honors policeman, U.N. volunteer killed in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida laid flowers at memorial monuments in Phnom Penh on Sunday...
March 21, 2022
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Companies
22% of Japanese companies suspend operations in Russia
About 20% of listed Japanese companies operating in Russia suspended business by mid-March after Rus...
March 21, 2022
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Defense & Security
Cybersecurity scholar: Russian invasion of Ukraine stirs up ‘cyberchaos’ of information warfare
The ongoing information warfare amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is in a state of “cyberchaos,” acc...
March 21, 2022
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Associated Press
Japan PM visits Cambodia, also one of China’s key partners
PHNOM PENH (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Cambodia for talks with the country’...
March 21, 2022
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General News
Japanese ancient wall paintings shown to media
ASUKA, Nara (Jiji Press) — Colorful wall paintings found inside an ancient tumulus in Nara Prefectur...
March 21, 2022
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Climate Change
‘Local’ specialties on the move due to global warming
As a fruit normally found in the subtropics grows in Tokyo, peaches are cultivated in Aomori, the pr...
March 20, 2022
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General News
Japan launches new cyber defense command to counter threat from neighboring countries
The Defense Ministry has launched a cyber defense command by reorganizing related units of the Groun...
March 20, 2022
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General News
Volunteers join cleanup in quake-hit Tohoku areas
Some municipal governments in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures that suffered damage from Wednesday n...
March 20, 2022