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Coronavirus
Fate of Alzheimer’s drug in limbo as review in Japan nears end
Aducanumab, the first drug aimed at suppressing the long-term progression of Alzheimer’s disease, ha...
December 18, 2021
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Europe
EU body rejects Alzheimer’s drug by Biogen, Eisai
BRUSSELS (Jiji Press) — The European Medicines Agency said Friday that it has recommended refusal of...
December 18, 2021
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General News
Traditional Japanese New Year’s decorations ready for 2022
Workers are busy preparing kadomatsu, traditional New Year’s bamboo and pine decorations, at Soshi g...
December 18, 2021
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Business Series
Leaders: Satoshi Onoda, President, Representative Director, JERA Co., Inc. / Aiming to achieve high-efficiency thermal power generation toward decarbonization
JERA Co., Inc. is a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric P...
December 18, 2021
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Crime & Courts
More than 20 die in Osaka blaze
OSAKA — A fire broke out Friday morning at a psychosomatic clinic in a building in central Osaka Cit...
December 17, 2021
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Politics & Government
Data tampering at transport ministry continued after Board of Audit highlighted issue in 2019
Data tampering at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry that came to light this w...
December 17, 2021
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Coronavirus
Kishida asks Pfizer for faster vaccine delivery
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday held phone talks with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.’s...
December 17, 2021
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Coronavirus
Close contact of Tokyo omicron patient also infected with variant
A man who had close contact with an omicron patient has also tested positive for the coronavirus var...
December 17, 2021
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General News
Tokyo Station lit up to represent coming of new era
Visitors stand in the cool night air and take photos of Tokyo Station, as the famous building and th...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Ministry’s egregious disregard for integrity of statistics is intolerable
Government statistics are important because they influence the government’s own policymaking and the...
December 17, 2021
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Crime & Courts
Breaking News: 27 people feared dead after blaze in central Osaka
More than 20 people were feared dead following a blaze at a building in a commercial district of Osa...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Patent case shows need to deepen industry-academia collaboration
To bring innovative new drugs to market, excellent basic research and development capabilities for c...
December 17, 2021
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Performing Arts
Musical revived with a fresh perspective
The two-man musical “The Story of My Life” is hitting the stage in Tokyo for the first time in two y...
December 17, 2021
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US & Canada
US hits China with new trade curbs, sanctions over Uyghur rights
The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China’s treatment of the Uygh...
December 17, 2021
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Associated Press
Congress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from...
December 17, 2021