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Politics & GovernmentJapanese govt eyes fully online divorce mediation settlements
The government will submit a bill to the ordinary Diet session as soon as early March that will like...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo new virus cases fall below 20,000
Tokyo logged 19,798 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus on Friday, with the daily tall...
February 4, 2022
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Coronavirus6th wave taking longer to peak than expected
The curve is being flattened, but Japan’s latest wave of novel coronavirus infections is taking long...
February 4, 2022
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Associated PressPutin in Beijing for Games, Xi talks amid Ukraine tensions
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday arrived in Beijing for the opening of the ...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusGuidelines eyed to prevent low-risk COVID patients filling hospital beds
The government is mulling guidelines to determine when low-risk coronavirus patients who are receivi...
February 4, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsUno shines as team figure skating starts ahead of opening ceremony
BEIJING — As the host city prepared for the opening ceremony to mark the official start of the Beiji...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusUnder 5% of population has received COVID-19 booster
Little progress has been made in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination booster campaign, with only 4.4% ...
February 4, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Vietnam: Tax evasion increasing as e-commerce expands
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a boom in e-commerce in Vietnam as consumers shift their spending ...
February 4, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
China: Tibet sees over 41 million tourists in 2021
The Tibet autonomous region received more than 41 million tourists last year, and tourism revenues e...
February 4, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
South Korea: Korean retailers jump into craze for NFTs
Nonfungible tokens, once monopolized by cryptocurrency exchanges and auction houses, are creeping in...
February 4, 2022
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General News
S. Korean minister protests Japan’s world heritage push
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong on Thursday protested the Japanese...
February 4, 2022
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CompaniesNintendo Switch sales top 100 million units
KYOTO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Nintendo Co. said Thursday that cumulative sales of its Nintendo Switch...
February 4, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan gets off to winning start in women’s ice hockey
BEIJING — They are nicknamed “Smile Japan” and that’s just what the women’s ice hockey team did afte...
February 4, 2022
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CoronavirusJapan mulls extension of coronavirus measure
The government began to consider on Thursday an extension of the quasi-emergency measures in 13 of t...
February 4, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Games host China must not threaten freedom of athletes / Role of media more important than ever
The Beijing Winter Olympics kicks off amid global instability following a confrontation between the ...
February 4, 2022