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Companies
ANA, Toyota Industries test autonomous cargo tractor at Haneda Airport
All Nippon Airways Co. and Toyota Industries Corp. have conducted the first test of an autonomous tr...
April 4, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Britain’s emphasis on Indo-Pacific a welcome move for Japan, U.S.
Britain has announced a new policy to strengthen its involvement in the Indo-Pacific region. This is...
April 4, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
China’s intervention in COVID-19 report has undermined trust in WHO
It is clear that the credibility of the investigation and analysis has been undermined because China...
April 3, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Make online marketplace operators responsible for dishonest vendors
Online marketplaces have become an important foundation of our daily lives, but there have been case...
April 3, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Renesas factory fire exacerbates global semiconductor shortage
Just as the world faces a shortage of semiconductors for automobiles, a situation has occurred that ...
April 3, 2021
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Companies
Japanese automakers likely to cut production due to Renesas plant fire
Shipment volumes from Renesas Electronics Corp.’s Naka plant are unlikely to return to normal until ...
April 3, 2021
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Japan In Focus
Oita: Farmers grow sugarcane on abandoned paddies to feed elephants at Oita zoo
BEPPU, Oita — Sugarcane is being grown in abandoned rice fields to feed Asian elephants at a local z...
April 3, 2021
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Japan In Focus
Osaka: YouTube star wombats wow visitors to zoo
IKEDA, Osaka — Visitors clamored to snap a picture of a wombat as he munched away on grass at his ho...
April 3, 2021
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General News
Survey: Childcare applications down in 70% of high-demand municipalities
Applications for childcare services fell in 70% of the highest-demand municipalities in the new scho...
April 2, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Govt must make every possible effort to prevent fourth wave of infections
Efforts to stop a fourth wave of novel coronavirus infections are at a critical juncture. Infections...
April 2, 2021
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Companies
MHI Changing Tack 3/ Founding shipbuilding business plots new course
On April 29, 2016, then Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) President Shunichi Miyanaga was in Ha...
April 2, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
To help get economy back on track, companies should invest if they can
The diffusion index of the Bank of Japan’s Tankan quarterly economic survey for March shows that bus...
April 2, 2021
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Coronavirus
Expert says Suga hurt own image by sending mixed signals on COVID
With Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga having been in office for half a year, The Yomiuri Shimbun interv...
April 2, 2021
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Music
Tokyo-Rickshaw offers songs for the soul alongside rickshaw rides
A group of rickshaw men not only offer their hospitality to tourists, they also have a hit single th...
April 2, 2021
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Companies
Hermes finally opens store in Omotesando, Tokyo
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, it is becoming the norm in the fashion industry for unprofitable shop...
April 2, 2021