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Politics & Government
Japan to Revise Taxation to Prevent Smuggling of Gold Bullion
The government and ruling parties plan to revise the system for businesses' deductions of consump...
December 7, 2020
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General News
Abduction of Thai Woman Far from Resolution
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- Fifteen years have passed since suspicions first arose that of Anocha Pan...
December 7, 2020
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General News
Helping Rescue Dogs Enriches Many Lives
A small white dog named Yuba tenderly gazes at a young boy as though she is his elder sibling. Ev...
December 6, 2020
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Science
Japan’s Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Says Openness and Internationalism Hold the Key to Scientific Development
The Yomiuri Shimbun asked Ryoji Noyori, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for his thou...
December 6, 2020
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japanese Cell Phone Carriers must Provide Fee Structure Acceptable to All Users
It is important to simultaneously strive toward reducing cell phone service charges and making it...
December 6, 2020
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan’s New Law must Be 1st Step in properly Regulating Reproductive Medicine
Legislation has yet to catch up with advances in technology for assisted reproduction, such as sp...
December 6, 2020
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Politics & Government
Suga Positions Carbon Goal, Digitization as Pillars for Economic Revitalization
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to work on measures to combat global warming and promote di...
December 5, 2020
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Markets
Japan Govt Panel Aims to Mitigate Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Dominance in Stock Trading
To correct the extreme concentration of domestic stock trading in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the g...
December 5, 2020
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Baseball
Baseball Legend Ichiro Now Coaching Next Generation of Japanese Players
WAKAYAMA -- Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was back on the field recently, coaching players from h...
December 5, 2020
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Other Sports
Niiya, Aizawa Break Japan Records in 10,000, Secure Olympic Berths
OSAKA -- Hitomi Niiya smashed the Japan record in the women's 10,000 meters that had stood for ne...
December 5, 2020
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Yomiuri Editorial
Suga Needs to Show Clear Plans to Overcome Crisis / Halting Virus is 1st Step to Fixing Economy
In order to erase society's fears about novel coronavirus infections and have the economy recover...
December 5, 2020
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General News
Afghans Remember Japanese Doctor 1 Year after Killing
TEHRAN -- A memorial ceremony was held for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura in eastern Afghanistan ...
December 5, 2020
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Social Series
100 Years of Meiji Jingu / Area West of Shrine Eyed for Revitalization
This is the third and final installment of a series on the Meiji Jingu shrine in Shibuya Ward, To...
December 5, 2020
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Political Series
State of LDP Factions / Kishida under Pressure to Expand Support Base
This is the sixth installment in a series examining the current state of the Liberal Democratic P...
December 5, 2020
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Economy
Japan’s Business Community Wary of Suga Adviser
David Atkinson, a member of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's brain trust, has alarmed some in Japa...
December 5, 2020