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General NewsForeigners entering Japan down 91.8% in 2021
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of foreigners who entered Japan in 2021 plunged by 3.95 million, or ...
January 29, 2022
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ReutersOlympics-Team Taiwan won’t be at Winter Games opening ceremony
TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan’s small team for next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing will not take par...
January 29, 2022
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General NewsSado Gold Mine to be recommended as World Heritage site
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Friday that Japan will recommend the Sado Gold Mine as a poss...
January 28, 2022
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Japan In FocusKagoshima: Farmer sees pumice problem as opportunity
ISEN, Kagoshima — Pumice ejected from the undersea volcano Fukutoku-Okanoba near the Ogasawara Islan...
January 28, 2022
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Japan In Focus‘Smart island’ developing in Ehime
MATSUYAMA — A white electric cart slowly drove along a seaside road in December amid ripening citrus...
January 28, 2022
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Japan In FocusShiga: Finding creative solutions to plant predicament
NAGAHAMA, Shiga — A construction company has developed compost by collecting and fermenting aquatic ...
January 28, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs over 17,000 virus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 17,631 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Friday, hit...
January 28, 2022
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Crime & Courts
Gun-wielding man arrested in Saitama hostage-taking incident
FUJIMINO, Saitama (Jiji Press) — Japanese police arrested a man who fired a gun and took a doctor ho...
January 28, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsAthletes start arriving in Beijing’s Olympic bubble
BEIJING — The Beijing 2022 Olympic Villages opened Thursday, officially rolling out the welcome mat ...
January 28, 2022
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General NewsUniversity student provides details of national exam ruse
The 19-year-old university student who turned herself into police said she acted alone in the suspec...
January 28, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
South Korea: National language institute to use AI to test writing proficiency
The National Institute of Korean Language unveiled an ambitious plan to create a Korean language pro...
January 28, 2022
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Asia-PacificChina: Scientists discover world’s ‘shiest’ flower
Chinese scientists have discovered four species of Gentiana on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau whose flowe...
January 28, 2022
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CoronavirusPeople with symptoms to be prioritized for antigen testing amid shortage of kits
Medical institutions and other facilities that conduct testing for people with coronavirus symptoms ...
January 28, 2022
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CoronavirusDemand for antigen test kits exceeds govt’s expectations
Unexpectedly high demand for antigen test kits has prompted the curtailment of free coronavirus test...
January 28, 2022
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CoronavirusStudy: Antibody levels 2.4 times higher after COVID-19 booster
People who had received a third dose of Pfizer Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine had 2.4 times the level of an...
January 28, 2022