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General News
Rise in Video Game Addictions Feared in Japan
OSAKA — Concerns over more people, especially children, becoming addicted to playing video games are...
February 1, 2021
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Delicious
Student Hopes ‘ray Burger’ Can Solve Two Problems with One Fish
MATSUE — Red stingrays have been troubling the fishing community of Lake Shinji and Nakaumi in Shima...
February 1, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Long-term Support Needed for Cancer Patients’ Fertility Treatment
It is good news for young cancer patients, as the high cost burden has been a barrier. A system must...
February 1, 2021
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Politics & Government
Japan Revamps Takeshima Website
The Cabinet Secretariat updated its government website dedicated to the Takeshima islands on Friday,...
February 1, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Monitor Correspondence High Schools to Ensure Quality Education Standards
The number of correspondence high schools where students can study at their own pace is increasing, ...
February 1, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
Japan Wary of Possible Escalation by China under New Maritime Law
China’s maritime police law, which allows its coast guard vessels to use weapons if the country’s so...
January 31, 2021
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Coronavirus
Lifestyle Changes Allow People to Leave Tokyo
The recent government report showing an increase in the number of people leaving Tokyo apparently re...
January 31, 2021
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General News
Tokyo Residents Breathe new Life into Old Public Bathhouse
Kaisaiyu is not your typical bathhouse. Built in the Shitaya district of Taito Ward, Tokyo, in 1928,...
January 31, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
Indonesia Plans Seaborne LNG Power Plants with Japanese Help
JAKARTA — The government of Indonesia, a country comprising the world’s largest number of islands, w...
January 31, 2021
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Wider World
Central, South American Countries Embracing Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Russian novel coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V is increasingly the go-to choice fo...
January 31, 2021
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General News
Mistake in Google Groups Privacy Setting Leaves Medical Records in Japan’s Hospitals Open to Public
The medical records of patients at a number of medical and nursing-care facilities were made accessi...
January 31, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan should Keep Paper Textbooks, Use Digital Materials as Supplements
Throughout their long history, human beings have shaped their character by writing on paper and read...
January 31, 2021
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Companies
Japanese Automakers Shifting toward Electrified Vehicles in Race for Survival
Japanese automakers and their overseas rivals are banking on electrified vehicles — a class which in...
January 31, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Promote Decarbonization at Japan Companies via Investments, Loans
To achieve the government’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, it is ess...
January 31, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Extension of U.S.-Russia Arms Treaty Is 1st Step toward New Framework
Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka has become a part owner of the North Carolina Courage of the National W...
January 30, 2021