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Associated PressPutin blames West for tensions, demands security guarantees
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian president on Tuesday reiterated his demand for guarantees from the U.S. an...
December 22, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialMayor’s haste to let foreigners vote stirred up social division, confusion
The local community was divided and confused over whether to allow foreign residents to participate ...
December 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Use budget to host U.S. bases to boost Japan-U.S. response capabilities
The security environment surrounding Japan is increasingly severe. It is necessary to make consisten...
December 22, 2021
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General News
Students’ tours deliver fun experiences in Fukushima’s devastated Futaba
FUTABA, Fukushima — University students and other young people operated two-day tours in October and...
December 22, 2021
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CompaniesDaihatsu to electrify all new vehicles by 2030
Daihatsu Motor Co. said Monday that all of its new models for the domestic market will be electric v...
December 21, 2021
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General News
Musashino assembly rejects ordinance on foreigners’ voting rights
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The assembly of the city of Musashino in Tokyo at a plenary meeting Tuesday vot...
December 21, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan executes 3 death-row inmates
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Justice Ministry said Tuesday that three death-row inmates, including a man...
December 21, 2021
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Crime & CourtsInvestigators think suspect in Osaka arson tried to seal emergency exit before blaze
OSAKA — Officials investigating the fatal fire at a clinic in Kita Ward, Osaka City, said adhesive t...
December 21, 2021
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Politics & Government
Japan to launch agency for children, families in FY 2023
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government Tuesday adopted a basic policy for creating a children’s and fam...
December 21, 2021
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Books & LiteratureHow a Fukushima-born bookworm became a U.S. senator
As a boy, this reviewer used to climb a green, leafy tree in Alabama to spend blissful hours sitting...
December 21, 2021
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ScienceJAXA starts accepting applications for new Japanese astronauts
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) started accepting applications for new Japanese astron...
December 21, 2021
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ScienceClose to 200,000 deaths possible if massive quake occurs off Japan’s northern Pacific coast
Nearly 200,000 people could be killed by tsunami if a massive earthquake occurs in the Japan Trench ...
December 21, 2021
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MuseumsTokyo: Simple, elegant home of literary ‘vagabond’
Fumiko Hayashi’s autobiography “Horoki” (Diary of a Vagabond) opens with the famous line, “I am dest...
December 21, 2021
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General NewsSapporo police: Death of actress likely suicide
Actress Sayaka Kanda died as a result of injuries sustained after falling from the window of her roo...
December 21, 2021
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General NewsRoaring effort
Miko shrine maidens prepare ema votive tablets ahead of the New Year holiday period at Yushima Tenji...
December 21, 2021