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Outside ContributorsIndia, as G20 President, urges world to embrace one-ness in this new age of abundance
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has contributed an article to The Yomiuri Shimbun on the occasio...
December 1, 2022
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General NewsBar associations: 80％ of hotline consultations were related to Unification Church
Among 389 cases in which people consulted the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA) since Sept...
December 1, 2022
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General NewsTokyo tech, medical universities to build global research hub
The Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), which...
November 30, 2022
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ObituariesFormer Matsushita Electric President Kunio Nakamura dies at 83
Kunio Nakamura, former president of Panasonic Holdings Corp. forerunner Matsushita Electric Industri...
November 30, 2022
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ObituariesFormer President Jiang Zemin, who guided China’s rise, dies at 96
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led his country out of isolation after the crushing of pro...
November 30, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentLDP lawmaker Kentaro Sonoura’s organization ‘underreported political fund income’
A political organization related to fifth-term Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Kentaro Sonoura is ...
November 30, 2022
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Asia-PacificYounger Chinese increasingly spurning factory jobs
SHENZHEN (Reuters) — Growing up in a Chinese village, Julian Zhu only saw his father a few times a y...
November 30, 2022
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Associated PressChinese spaceship with 3 aboard docks with space station
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts docked early Wednesday with their country’s space station, w...
November 30, 2022
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ReutersCOVID protests escalate in Guangzhou as China lockdown anger boils
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, Nov 30 (Reuters) - People in the Chinese manufacturing hub of Guangzhou clashed wi...
November 30, 2022
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Crime & CourtsDentsu allegedly took lead in bidding collusion for Tokyo Games
In the case of suspected bid-rigging for contracts to plan test evets for the Tokyo Olympics and Par...
November 30, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentMy Number cards may be used to verify age at self-checkout registers
The government has begun considering allowing stores to use the My Number identification card system...
November 30, 2022
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Defense & SecurityJapan seeks to buy up to 500 Tomahawk cruise missiles from U.S.
Buying up to 500 U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missiles by fiscal 2027 is being considered by the Defens...
November 30, 2022
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Imperial FamilyCrown Prince Akishino appeals for reporting ‘accurate information’ on Imperial family
Crown Prince Akishino celebrated his 57th birthday on Wednesday. Before his birthday, he held a pres...
November 30, 2022
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Soccer World CupQatar’s first subway network shuttles soccer fans to stadiums across Doha
DOHA — The Doha Metro, an unmanned subway system developed in preparation for the 2022 World Cup, ha...
November 30, 2022
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General NewsGovt to urge power saving
The government has asked households and businesses nationwide to reduce electricity consumption from...
November 30, 2022