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General News
Accessibility app among ways to help wheelchair users find their way
Improving accessibility is an important task ahead of this summer’s Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. ...
May 17, 2021
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Politics & Government
Political parties in Japan compete over child-rearing policies
The ruling and opposition parties have been actively discussing policies related to children and chi...
May 17, 2021
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Defense & Security
Defense white paper brings up Taiwan situation for 1st time
The government white paper on Japan’s defense will stipulate for the first time the importance of st...
May 17, 2021
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General News
Tokyo’s oldest stone bridge for pedestrians reopens after decade-long restoration
After a decade of restoration work, Tokyo’s oldest stone bridge outside of gardens is open again for...
May 17, 2021
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Companies
Carmakers step up race to put EVs onto Japanese market
There has been a sudden rush of new models of electric vehicles rolling onto the Japanese market, wi...
May 17, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
In North Korea, smartphones are matter of life and death
SEOUL — As an exception to the global trend of an ever-expanding cyberspace, North Korea has been r...
May 17, 2021
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Japan In Focus
Rare color photos show Naha’s Kokusai-dori street under U.S. occupation
NAHA — Rare color photos of Naha’s main street in the early 1950s, during the U.S. occupation, were ...
May 16, 2021
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Companies
Toyota shows strong sales of SUVs in U.S., China
Stronger than expected sales of Toyota Motor Corp.’s sport utility vehicles in the United States and...
May 16, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Consumer boycotts in China are contemptible attack on foreign firms
Companies have a social responsibility to respect human rights, a principle that has been confirmed ...
May 16, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Take measures to facilitate speedy vaccination of the elderly
Progress has been slow in COVID-19 vaccinations of the elderly. It is imperative to promptly end the...
May 16, 2021
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Elections
Political maneuvering begins for LDP presidency
Intraparty maneuvering is heating up in the run-up to the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s election...
May 16, 2021
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Political Pulse
Strength, balance needed to face China
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joe Biden’s summit in Washington on April 16 was th...
May 16, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Pro-independence party’s win in Scotland could threaten U.K.’s unity
The results of a recent election in Scotland can be described as one of the side effects of Britain’...
May 15, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Inconsistencies in emergency steps must be resolved to avoid confusion
It is of course vital for the government to strengthen measures against novel coronavirus infections...
May 15, 2021
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Companies
Japanese firms in India reel from pandemic
BANGKOK — The unrelenting spread of the novel coronavirus in India is having an increasingly severe...
May 15, 2021