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Coronavirus
SDF hospital: Stress over vaccination seen as main cause of side effects
Anxiety over the vaccination itself is believed to be the cause of the vast majority of side effects...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Sony cuts PlayStation 5 production outlook due to component snag
Sony Group Corp has reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to compone...
November 11, 2021
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General News
Mie doctor depicts beauty of Ethiopia in art
A girl carrying a large water container on her back, a boy chasing a herd of cattle, a family dresse...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Evergrande faces default deadline on $148 mln payment, some bondholders paid
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) — Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group, facing a deadline for coupon pa...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & Government
Foreign minister resigns as chair of Japan-China Parliamentary Friendship Association
Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced Thursday his intention to resign as chairman of the Jap...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Japan’s wholesale inflation hits 40-year high as fuel costs spike
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s wholesale inflation hit a four-decade high in October, following a similar...
November 11, 2021
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Climate Change
20 nations to join hands in promoting electric vehicles
GLASGOW — Japan and about 20 other economies at the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow have compiled an a...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & Government
New foreign minister has unusual background
Educated at Harvard University in the United States, Yoshimasa Hayashi was first elected to the Hous...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & Government
Kishida announces ¥100,000 for students in need as part of economic package
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday a plan to provide ¥100,000 to students who have bee...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & Government
Hayashi got the nod despite reservations
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida picked close ally Yoshimasa Hayashi as foreign minister in the Cabinet ...
November 11, 2021
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Coronavirus
Kishida vows 35,000 more hospital beds for COVID-19 patients
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government would secure by the end of this month 35,000 more h...
November 11, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Kishida must show ability to execute policy, communicate at home, abroad
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s second Cabinet has been launched. His administration is finally getti...
November 11, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Will 30-minute trading extension let TSE compete better globally?
Constant reform is essential to boost the international competitiveness of the Tokyo Stock Exchange ...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & Government
Kishida forms 2nd Cabinet on heels of election
Fumio Kishida was reconfirmed as prime minister Wednesday at plenary sessions of both chambers of th...
November 11, 2021
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Associated Press
China, US pledge to increase cooperation at UN climate talks
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The world’s top carbon polluters, China and the United States, agreed Wedne...
November 11, 2021