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Politics & GovernmentKishida calls for pay hike of over 3%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hope Friday that companies will...
November 27, 2021
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Defense & SecurityExtra budget bill includes ¥774 billion for defense spending
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The fiscal 2021 supplementary budget bill the government adopted Friday include...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan political parties’ spending down 18% in 2020
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Total expenditures by political parties in Japan in 2020 fell 18.4% from the pr...
November 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Determine what factors led to stabbing murder at junior high
A third-year boy at a municipal junior high school in the city of Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, fatally ...
November 27, 2021
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Reuters
Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) — Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Bri...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & Government
Japan to tighten border controls on 3 more countries
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government said Saturday that it will tighten border controls for ...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Tokyo records 16 new COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, unchanged from a week before...
November 27, 2021
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SumoTerunofuji fends off inspired Abi to clinch Kyushu title
Yokozuna Terunofuji clinched his second straight title and sixth overall by fighting off an inspired...
November 27, 2021
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CompaniesAxe falls on Mizuho execs after spate of system glitches
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Tatsufumi Sakai and Koji Fujiwara, the president of its bankin...
November 27, 2021
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Books & LiteratureHiroshima bomb story by Akira Kurosawa’s screenwriter published in English
OSAKA — A Japanese novel centered on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was published this autumn in En...
November 27, 2021
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General NewsCatch certificates eyed to stamp out eel poaching
The Fisheries Agency plans to include glass eel in a certification system from December 2025 as part...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Survey: 30% of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients suffer aftereffects
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nearly 30% of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients suffered from aftereffects, a surv...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Japan places new variant at 2nd-highest warning level
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday it has placed a new c...
November 27, 2021
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Crime & Courts
Court nixes objection to halt of Kansai Super Market’s merger
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Kobe District Court dismissed on Friday an objection by Kansai Super Market Ltd...
November 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Mizuho’s new leadership must strike at root cause of system failure
It is only natural for the top management of the bank and its parent company to step down. The chang...
November 27, 2021