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General News
Red crown cranes walk amid dreamlike mist lingering over Hokkaido river
Red crown cranes, a nationally protected species, walk and flutter their wings in the Setsuri River ...
January 20, 2022
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Political Series
New security strategy must underline threat posed by Beijing
Japan will continue to face challenges this year, from issues such as the pandemic to foreign affair...
January 20, 2022
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Coronavirus
Experts: Peak has possibly passed in some prefs
Quasi-emergency priority measures implemented in Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Okinawa prefectures on Jan...
January 20, 2022
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Associated Press
First aid flights arrive in Tonga after big volcano eruption
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The first flights carrying fresh water and other aid to Tonga finally...
January 20, 2022
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Economy
BOJ negative rate policy clouding households
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Bank of Japan’s prolonged ultralow interest rate policy is beginning to aff...
January 20, 2022
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Politics & Government
Govt eyes trade insurance coverage of COVID-linked losses
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government is planning to provide trade insurance coverage of Japanese comp...
January 20, 2022
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Coronavirus
Osaka Prefecture to ask for priority measures
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura said the prefecture would request quasi-emergency priority measures be...
January 20, 2022
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Economy
Japan swings to trade deficit in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan swung to a trade deficit last year as imports were driven higher due to s...
January 20, 2022
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General News
Residents can stay in Fukushima town for 1st time since 2011 nuclear disaster
FUKUSHIMA — Some former residents have begun “preparatory stays” in Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, st...
January 20, 2022
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Coronavirus
Inoculating children aged 5-11 meaningful: Pediatric society
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japan Pediatric Society offered the view Wednesday that vaccinating childre...
January 20, 2022
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General News
Visitors to Japan hit record low of 245,900 in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2021 came to 245,900, hitt...
January 20, 2022
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Coronavirus
Certified restaurants can serve alcohol in 5 prefs.
Tokyo and four nearby prefectures will give restaurants that are certified to have taken proper COVI...
January 20, 2022
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Coronavirus
Prefectures split over whether to keep the booze flowing as coronavirus cases surge
Local governments that will be subject to quasi-emergency priority measures designed to prevent the ...
January 20, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan to delay recommending Sado Gold Mine for World Heritage list
The government intends to put off recommending the Sado Gold Mine as a possible UNESCO World Heritag...
January 20, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida vows to achieve economic growth through wealth distribution
“Wealth distribution through pay increases is not a cost, but an investment in the future,” Prime Mi...
January 20, 2022