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Asia-PacificSouth Korea: Nation to forgo lockdown for omicron
When the inevitable omicron explosion descends on South Korea, the kind of restrictive approach to d...
January 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificSingapore: 3 in 10 say they still plan to holiday abroad in 2022 despite rise in COVID-19 cases
Nearly three in 10 here are planning to travel overseas this year even if the current global COVID-1...
January 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan, U.S. must boost cooperation to ensure stable international order
There have been conspicuous moves by despotic countries that threaten the international order. To ma...
January 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Olympic results should lead to further development of world-class athletes
Japanese athletes’ spectacular showing at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics should not be a momenta...
January 23, 2022
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Associated PressUNESCO lists Viking-era wooden sailboats on heritage list
ROSKILDE, Denmark (AP) — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Eu...
January 23, 2022
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EconomyPrices of power-assisted bikes on rise in Japan amid popularity, material shortage
Prices are on the rise for power-assisted bicycles, which are becoming fixtures as a means of transp...
January 23, 2022
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Coronavirus
Japan severely ill COVID-19 patients up 8-fold from start of ’22
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms has jumped around eightfold from the start of 2...
January 23, 2022
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CoronavirusSurvey: Pneumonia much less common among omicron patients than delta
The number of people who developed pneumonia after contracting the omicron variant of the novel coro...
January 23, 2022
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Crime & Courts¥3 bil. siphoned out of Hiroshima nursing home operator’s bank account
Hiroshima-based social welfare corporation Sun Phoenix, which operates special nursing homes for the...
January 23, 2022
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US & CanadaKishida, Biden find much common ground in building rapport
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seemed to come away from his teleconference with U.S. President Joe Bid...
January 23, 2022
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General NewsDecline of company teams sees athletes forge dual careers
A drop in the number of company teams is driving amateur athletes to acquire job skills in order to ...
January 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificS.E. Asian market for used Japanese trains slows
BANGKOK — There is a trend in Southeast Asian nations toward purchasing new train carriages instead ...
January 23, 2022
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Reuters
S.Korea says Iran to regain UN vote after delinquent dues paid with frozen funds
SEOUL (Reuters) — Iran is expected to regain its vote in the U.N. General Assembly after South Korea...
January 23, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan plans to help make provincial areas more attractive to wealthy foreign tourists
The government wants to see wealthy foreign tourists spending more money in provincial areas, and pl...
January 23, 2022
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CompaniesCan Panasonic as a holding company revive its former glory?
OSAKA — Panasonic Corp. plans to make the switchover to a holding company in April 2022, complete wi...
January 23, 2022