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ElectionsSurvey: Runoff likely in Japan’s largest opposition party’s leadership race
A runoff between the top two candidates is becoming increasingly likely in the Constitutional Democr...
November 22, 2021
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GlobalU.S., Australia, U.K. sign key deal in nuclear sub alliance
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia formally embarked Monday on a hotly contested program to equip its nav...
November 22, 2021
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CompaniesJapan Inc. revisits telework as COVID-19 cases fall
A survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun on major companies’ views on telework revealed that the ne...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsMiyagi town unveils final monument preserving memories of 2011 disaster
ONAGAWA, Miyagi — A group that includes those who were junior high school students when the Great Ea...
November 22, 2021
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Associated PressEl Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — In a rock concert-like atmosphere, El Salvador President Nayib Bukel...
November 22, 2021
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CompaniesSurvey: 56% of Japanese major companies to maintain telework policies, 28% to reduce
More than half of Japanese companies said they would maintain their current teleworking policies eve...
November 22, 2021
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TechnologyJapan to launch satellites to build observation network, eyeing detection of HGVs
The government, aiming to construct an observation network of small satellites, plans to launch thre...
November 22, 2021
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EconomyNuclear power getting a second look
In the north German village of Brokdorf, near the mouth of the Elbe River that flows to the North Se...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsMountain temples hope to lure people to try ‘tera-work’
OSAKA — Within the past two years, two mash-up words related to employment have barged their way int...
November 22, 2021
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EconomyJapan eyes first-ever release of state stores of oil
Japan and the United States will officially announce as early as this week the release of oil reserv...
November 22, 2021
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Asia-PacificBeijing to start reservation system for Tiananmen Square
BEIJING — Visitors to Tiananmen Square in Beijing will need to make reservations to enter the expans...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsCurtains of persimmons
Persimmons on rows of bamboo skewers dry in the sun in the Shigo district of Katsuragi in Wakayama P...
November 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Devise ways for overseas nationals to easily exercise their right to vote
During the recent House of Representatives election, there were cases in which voters living abroad ...
November 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Boosted by decarbonization, France returns to nuclear power policy
This could be a sign of the growing recognition that nuclear power generation is useful in advancing...
November 22, 2021
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EconomyTrain, airline fares to go up in spring
The cost of travel is set to change next spring, with transport operators looking at raising ticket ...
November 22, 2021