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Politics & GovernmentJapan eyeing medical fee hike for elderly in Oct. 2022
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government plans to raise the proportion of out-of-pocket medical ...
December 10, 2021
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ObituariesNES creator Uemura dies at 78
Masayuki Uemura, who played a key role in the development of the Nintendo Entertainment System and o...
December 10, 2021
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General NewsJapan, U.S. hold joint ceremony to commemorate victims of Pearl Harbor attack
HONOLULU — Japan and the United States held a joint ceremony Thursday to commemorate the victims of ...
December 10, 2021
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Other SportsX Games coming to Japan for 1st time
The X Games sports competition will be held in Japan for the first time next year, featuring skatebo...
December 10, 2021
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EnvironmentSurvey: Only 10% of municipalities to begin sorting plastic waste within 3 yrs
Municipalities have been slow to sort plastic waste, with only 72 city governments or related entiti...
December 10, 2021
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CoronavirusJapan in talks with Pfizer to move up vaccine supply schedule
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government is in talks with Pfizer Inc. to have the COVID-19 v...
December 10, 2021
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General NewsTech enlisted to help vehicles on snow-covered roads
Passengers stuck in stranded cars on snowy highways may soon have new sources of help — satellites a...
December 10, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Workers’ comp covers COVID-19, but the benefits are underutilized
Workers’ compensation insurance is an important safety net that protects the livelihoods of workers....
December 10, 2021
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General NewsSardines schooling through underwater galaxy at Japan aquarium
NAGOYA — A school of about 10,000 sardines can be observed in an underwater show called “sardine gal...
December 10, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Myanmar’s kangaroo court targets both Suu Kyi and democracy itself
The intention to end the political life of Aung San Suu Kyi, who has led Myanmar’s democratic govern...
December 10, 2021
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MusicOmicron variant wreaks havoc with orchestras’ year-end concert plans
The omicron variant of the coronavirus has landed with a thud on a popular year-end cultural event i...
December 10, 2021
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MusicArashi’s care for the audience preserved in film
“I made this film with an audience of 52,000,” director Yukihiko Tsutsumi said of his movie covering...
December 10, 2021
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Outside Contributors
China’s reform, opening-up at a crossroads
In the Tokyo Olympic Games held this summer, China won 38 gold medals, just one behind the top-ranke...
December 10, 2021
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Asia-PacificJapan examines ‘correct amount of fear’ of China’s military
The China Security Report 2022, released by the Defense Ministry’s National Institute for Defense St...
December 10, 2021
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MusicSuper Sentai series songfest filled with passion
Last month, I went to Super Sentai Spirits 2021, the annual concert featuring songs from the Super S...
December 10, 2021