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General News40% of local govts in 2011 quake areas to forgo memorial services
Eleven years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 40% of local governments in areas heavily affect...
February 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Quad countries must cooperate to protect free international order
China and Russia are both being increasingly assertive in their attempts to change the status quo by...
February 12, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Govt must present specific steps for accelerating pace of boosters
The ongoing sixth wave of infections with the novel coronavirus cannot be overcome only by restricti...
February 12, 2022
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CoronavirusCOVID deaths increasing among elderly in Japan despite prevalence of less lethal omicron variant
Record-high COVID deaths have been logged on several days amid the sixth wave of the pandemic, with ...
February 12, 2022
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CoronavirusANA, JAL start 3rd round of workplace COVID vaccinations
ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co. began the third round of COVID-19 vaccinations for their em...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsThe trick that uncorked a gold-medal run for Hirano
BEIJING — For Ayumu Hirano, it wasn’t a big finish that gave him the gold medal in the men’s halfpip...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsHirano’s long persistency paid off in gold
Whether on a skateboard or a snowboard, Ayumu Hirano was always in motion as a child, when he launch...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsKodaira hoping to get boost from ‘apple power’ in bid to defend Olympic title
Nagano, which was hit hard by a typhoon in autumn 2019, means a lot to speed skating star Nao Kodair...
February 12, 2022
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Japan In FocusWanted: Tottori seeks look-alike of nearly 2,000-year-old man
TOTTORI — The skull of a man who lived nearly 2,000 years ago was unveiled to the public, and the To...
February 12, 2022
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General NewsSymposium for women’s empowerment held in Hiroshima
The editorial section of The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Otekomachi website, The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka and Hir...
February 12, 2022
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Japan In FocusWakayama: Whaling town promotes cetacean tourism
TAIJI, Wakayama — A place known as “the town of whales” in Wakayama Prefecture offers the chance for...
February 12, 2022
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Politics & Government
Officials look to increase children’s fitness in pandemic
Amid concerns that physical fitness among children has declined during the novel coronavirus pandemi...
February 12, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsChina emphasizing high-tech capability at Games
BEIJING — China is putting a lot of effort into promoting its advanced technologies at the Beijing W...
February 12, 2022
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Associated PressBiden orders 3,000 more troops to Poland amid Ukraine crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is sending another 3,000 combat troops to Poland to join 1,700 who al...
February 12, 2022
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Associated PressUS ramps up Ukraine warning, says Russia may invade any day
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday escalated dire warnings of a possibly imminent ...
February 12, 2022