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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s Justice Ministry eyes more flexible use of labor, education to rehabilitate prisoners
The Justice Ministry plans to revise the criminal punishments stipulated in the Penal Code for the f...
December 27, 2021
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Companies
Michelin Japan to relocate head office to Gunma Pref.
The Japanese unit of French tire maker Michelin will relocate its head office from Tokyo’s Shinjuku ...
December 27, 2021
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Defense & Security
Japan and Australia to sign armed forces agreement next month
The governments of Japan and Australia have entered the final coordination phase of an agreement on ...
December 27, 2021
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General NewsSetting sail
Shrine maidens are making treasure boats to carry statues of the seven gods of good fortune at Shira...
December 27, 2021
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Japan In FocusWorld’s first car-train dual-vehicle begins operation in Shikoku
TOKUSHIMA — A dual-mode vehicle capable of running on both railway tracks and roads has started serv...
December 27, 2021
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Defense & SecurityKishida to join NPT Review Conference virtually
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has mapped out a policy not to attend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tre...
December 27, 2021
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General News‘Rescued’ veggies sold at train stations reducing food waste
As part of efforts to “rescue” food from going to waste, some railway companies have started selling...
December 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan-related news picks show power of sports amid pandemic stagnation
Amid the sense of stagnation in society due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the achievements of athletes a...
December 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Stop exported surveillance tech from being used in human rights abuses
Authoritarian countries use digital technologies, such as facial recognition tools, to suppress and ...
December 27, 2021
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CompaniesLand-based fish farming to be covered by insurance
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. plans to sell an insurance policy for operators of land-ba...
December 27, 2021
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General NewsStreaming operators improve subtitles to enhance viewing for hearing impaired, elderly
Streaming services have increasingly added more detailed Japanese subtitles to movies, shows and oth...
December 27, 2021
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Crime & CourtsManufacturer calls for probe after indictment withdrawn
A company president, who had been indicted along with two others for allegedly exporting machines th...
December 27, 2021
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Associated PressHanyu nearly lands quad axel while winning Japanese title
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while...
December 27, 2021
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Associated PressDesmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising f...
December 27, 2021
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Asia-PacificSri Lankan miner of school textbook fame dies of COVID-19, mourned across Japan
NEW DELHI — A man dubbed “the best-known Sri Lankan in Japan” has died from COVID-19 in his native c...
December 26, 2021