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CoronavirusKishida asks Pfizer for faster vaccine delivery
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday held phone talks with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.’s...
December 17, 2021
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CoronavirusClose contact of Tokyo omicron patient also infected with variant
A man who had close contact with an omicron patient has also tested positive for the coronavirus var...
December 17, 2021
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General NewsTokyo Station lit up to represent coming of new era
Visitors stand in the cool night air and take photos of Tokyo Station, as the famous building and th...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialMinistry’s egregious disregard for integrity of statistics is intolerable
Government statistics are important because they influence the government’s own policymaking and the...
December 17, 2021
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Crime & CourtsBreaking News: 27 people feared dead after blaze in central Osaka
More than 20 people were feared dead following a blaze at a building in a commercial district of Osa...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Patent case shows need to deepen industry-academia collaboration
To bring innovative new drugs to market, excellent basic research and development capabilities for c...
December 17, 2021
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Performing ArtsMusical revived with a fresh perspective
The two-man musical “The Story of My Life” is hitting the stage in Tokyo for the first time in two y...
December 17, 2021
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US & Canada
US hits China with new trade curbs, sanctions over Uyghur rights
The United States on Thursday unleashed a volley of actions to censure China’s treatment of the Uygh...
December 17, 2021
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Associated PressCongress approves import ban targeting forced labor in China
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators gave final congressional approval Thursday to a bill barring imports from...
December 17, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentDeclining Japanese population somewhat offset by bigger foreign presence
The total population of Japan as of Oct. 1, 2020, was 126,146,099, according to the definite figures...
December 17, 2021
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Asia-PacificDictator Marcos’ son emerges as front-runner for Philippines presidency
HANOI — A familiar name is seemingly the front-runner to be the next president of the Philippines ah...
December 17, 2021
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Manga & Anime‘Tokyo Revengers’ holds ‘yankee’ culture up as mirror of contemporary Japanese society
It was apparently around the mid-1980s that the word “yankee” took on a new meaning in Japan — a bad...
December 17, 2021
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Companies
Nippon Travel Agency to resume hiring new graduates
Travel giant Nippon Travel Agency Co. is to resume hiring new graduates for the first time in two ye...
December 17, 2021
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CoronavirusStudents miss out as few universities resume full in-person classes
Less than 40% of the nation’s universities have fully resumed in-person classes in the current semes...
December 17, 2021
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Associated PressThe AP Interview: Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban to stop chaos
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban didn’t take the Afghan capital — they were invited, says the m...
December 17, 2021