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Outside ContributorsRethink liberalization-first trade policy
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership will come into force on January 1, 2022, creating an...
December 3, 2021
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General News
Strong quake rocks central Japan
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A strong earthquake rocked central Japan Friday morning, registering up to lowe...
December 3, 2021
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TroubleshooterI want to divorce my undignified husband, who spoils our son
I’m a nursery school teacher in my 40s, my son is repeating a year in college and I’m considering di...
December 3, 2021
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Troubleshooter
My daughter got multiple piercings and didn’t tell me about it
I’m a female public servant in my 40s. My husband passed away, and I’m raising our children, who are...
December 3, 2021
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Troubleshooter
I’m a single mom and my mother doesn’t want me to remarry
I am a woman in my 40s, and I have raised my 10-year-old son on my own since divorcing five years ag...
December 3, 2021
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Troubleshooter
How should I approach explaining sports like boxing to my children?
I am an office worker in my 40s with two children, ages 8 and 6. Now that I am a father, I feel anew...
December 3, 2021
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Outside ContributorsFormer Indian ambassador to Japan introduces memoir written by his colleague
Former Indian Ambassador to Japan Aftab Seth contributed a book review on a memoir written by his co...
December 3, 2021
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CoronavirusMerck’s Japan unit files for approval of oral coronavirus treatment
MSD K.K., a subsidiary of U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck & Co., filed an application for approval...
December 3, 2021
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Associated PressBiden helps light National Christmas Tree near White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden helped light the National Christmas Tree on Thursday while rem...
December 3, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentIshiba dissolves faction after only 6 years
Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Shigeru Ishiba dissolved his 12-member faction on ...
December 3, 2021
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Asia-PacificSouth Korea: Unmanned shops surge as smart services take hold
At this year’s annual Seoul International Cafe Show which took place earlier this month, automation ...
December 3, 2021
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General NewsOsaka factory develops air-tube bridge for use in disasters
A factory in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, is developing a temporary bridge made of inflatable tubes t...
December 3, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
China: Nation’s birth rate sinks to lowest level since 1978
Demographers have called for more efficient implementation of supportive measures to encourage birth...
December 3, 2021
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Associated PressWHO says measures against delta work for omicron variant too
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World Health Organization officials in the Western Pacific say border clo...
December 3, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentFocus on swift action caused fiasco over flight-booking ban
The transport ministry’s sudden request — and even more abrupt retraction of the request — that airl...
December 3, 2021