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Yomiuri EditorialMove Fast to Identify and Fix Problems to Ensure a Near-Future Launch
The first launch of Japan’s new H3 mainstay rocket was aborted moments before liftoff. It is hoped t...
February 18, 2023
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Yomiuri Editorial
Govt Should Promote Competition Regarding Smartphone App Commissions
Concerns are growing over the oligopoly of two giant U.S. IT companies over the market for providing...
February 18, 2023
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Japan In FocusKagawa: ‘Boat Gymnasium’ by Tange to Be Demolished
TAKAMATSU — The structure affectionally known as the “boat gymnasium,” designed by world-renowned ar...
February 18, 2023
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General NewsJapan’s Digital Minister Admits Failings in COVID Contact-Tracing App
Digital minister Taro Kono has admitted that the government’s COVID-19 contact-tracing app, COCOA, w...
February 18, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Minister’s ‘Ask the Balloon’ Remark in 2020 Causes Stir
A comment made by then Defense Minister Taro Kono at a press conference in June 2020 has created con...
February 18, 2023
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Politics & GovernmentKishida Creates New Role to Promote Understanding of LGBT Community
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday gave a special adviser a new role of facilitating understandi...
February 18, 2023
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General News1,200 Corrections Made in Atlas for High School Students
About 1,200 corrections have been made to an atlas distributed by major textbook publisher Tokyo Sho...
February 18, 2023
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General News‘Barefoot Gen’ to Be Removed From Hiroshima Peace Education Textbook
HIROSHIMA — The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known ma...
February 18, 2023
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EconomyBOJ to Start New Test on Digital Currency in April
Tokyo —The Bank of Japan has said that it will start a new test on the feasibility of a central bank...
February 18, 2023
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AFP-JIJIQatar Sheikh Bids for Man Utd as Billionaire Ratcliffe Enters Race
A consortium led by a Qatari banker announced Friday it had submitted an offer to take full control ...
February 18, 2023
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Travel SpotsNagasaki: Gibbon’s Father Identified 2 Years after Mysterious Birth
SASEBO, Nagasaki — Two years after a white-handed gibbon gave birth unexpectedly to an offspring whi...
February 18, 2023
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Associated PressEx-PMs of UK, Australia, Belgium Urge Tough Action on China
TOKYO (AP) — Former leaders from Australia, Britain and Belgium called Friday for a tougher internat...
February 18, 2023
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EconomyPanel Calls on Govt to Sell All Shoko Chukin Shareholdings
TOKYO — An industry ministry experts panel came up with a report Friday proposing the Japanese gover...
February 18, 2023
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Washington Post
Microsoft’s AI Chatbot is Going off the Rails
When Marvin von Hagen, a 23-year-old studying technology in Germany, asked Microsoft’s new AI-powere...
February 18, 2023
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Asia-Pacific
South Korea: Among Young Generation, Liberals Use Twitter, While Conservatives Prefer Facebook
Liberals in their early 20s are more likely to use Twitter, while conservatives in the same age grou...
February 18, 2023