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Olympics & ParalympicsSome Tokyo Games events likely to be held without spectators
The government and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have begun mak...
July 2, 2021
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Manga & AnimeVoice actor Megumi Ogata: Evangelion’s Shinji is my alter ego
Megumi Ogata, who voices the protagonist in the immortal Evangelion sci-fi anime series, recently re...
July 2, 2021
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FashionFrom Maserati to toilets, Harajuku fashion icons put their spin on collaborative projects
Since August last year, a curious little project called The Tokyo Toilet has been underway on the st...
July 2, 2021
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Political SeriesCCP at 100: Collapse of collective leadership system gives Xi absolute authority
This is the second installment of a series looking at the costs of the Chinese Communist Party’s str...
July 2, 2021
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Political SeriesCCP at 100: China accelerating efforts to assimilate ethnic minorities into Han Chinese state
China on Thursday extravagantly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Comm...
July 1, 2021
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SumoSuspended for a year, Asanoyama faces cascading series of demotions
Ozeki Asanoyama, who showed so much potential for greatness with his classic, two-handed-belt-grabbi...
July 1, 2021
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GlobalG20 foreign ministers meeting shows gap in intl cooperation
MATERA, Italy /LONDON — The Group of 20 foreign ministers have confirmed the need to work together f...
July 1, 2021
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Art4 seasons folded into origami interior designs
Introduced to origami as children, many people find few opportunities to indulge in the paper-foldin...
July 1, 2021
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General NewsGroups and trust: Cross-cultural research can shake common assumptions
“The Japanese are group-oriented so…” Aargh! Ever since the notion that Japanese people are group-or...
July 1, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentWith Koike back, parties watch her moves
As soon as Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who had been resting due to excessive fatigue, returned from a h...
July 1, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialAbuse of ministry subsidy program reveals shocking lack of ethics
While many businesses were struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 relief money was alleg...
July 1, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan should prepare to quickly get promising drugs to treat COVID-19
To conquer the novel coronavirus, efforts must be made to develop therapeutic drugs in addition to s...
July 1, 2021
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ElectionsConservatives hope to win back prefectural administration
This is the fourth installment of a series looking at various aspects of Okinawa today, 50 years sin...
July 1, 2021
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CompaniesProposals brought before general shareholders’ meetings diversifying
This year’s round of annual general shareholders’ meetings of listed companies that settle their acc...
June 30, 2021
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General News47 animals dead from malnutrition, neglect at Hyogo zoo
KOBE — A total of 47 animals have died in captivity at the Tatsuno Park Zoo in Hyogo Prefecture over...
June 30, 2021