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Coronavirus
ANA, JAL start 3rd round of workplace COVID vaccinations
ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co. began the third round of COVID-19 vaccinations for their em...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & Paralympics
The trick that uncorked a gold-medal run for Hirano
BEIJING — For Ayumu Hirano, it wasn’t a big finish that gave him the gold medal in the men’s halfpip...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & Paralympics
Hirano’s long persistency paid off in gold
Whether on a skateboard or a snowboard, Ayumu Hirano was always in motion as a child, when he launch...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & Paralympics
Kodaira hoping to get boost from ‘apple power’ in bid to defend Olympic title
Nagano, which was hit hard by a typhoon in autumn 2019, means a lot to speed skating star Nao Kodair...
February 12, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Wanted: Tottori seeks look-alike of nearly 2,000-year-old man
TOTTORI — The skull of a man who lived nearly 2,000 years ago was unveiled to the public, and the To...
February 12, 2022
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General News
Symposium for women’s empowerment held in Hiroshima
The editorial section of The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Otekomachi website, The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka and Hir...
February 12, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Wakayama: Whaling town promotes cetacean tourism
TAIJI, Wakayama — A place known as “the town of whales” in Wakayama Prefecture offers the chance for...
February 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Officials look to increase children’s fitness in pandemic
Amid concerns that physical fitness among children has declined during the novel coronavirus pandemi...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & Paralympics
China emphasizing high-tech capability at Games
BEIJING — China is putting a lot of effort into promoting its advanced technologies at the Beijing W...
February 12, 2022
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Associated Press
Biden orders 3,000 more troops to Poland amid Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending another 3,000 combat troops to Poland to join 1,700 who al...
February 12, 2022
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Associated Press
US ramps up Ukraine warning, says Russia may invade any day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday escalated dire warnings of a possibly imminent ...
February 12, 2022
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Reuters
Quad ministers address Indo-Pacific ‘coercion,’ climate, COVID
MELBOURNE (Reuters) — The United States, Australia, Japan and India on Friday pledged to deepen coop...
February 11, 2022
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Olympics & Paralympics
Ayumu Hirano captures halfpipe gold
BEIJING — Ayumu Hirano’s third Olympic medal came in an even better color than the first two. Two-t...
February 11, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Nepal: How farming nation became net food importer
Twenty years ago in 2001, Nepal used to buy $11.84 million worth of food and farm products annually ...
February 11, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Vietnam: Tourism ministry wants to fully reopen to intl arrivals
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung has just submitted a proposed plan to the go...
February 11, 2022