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CoronavirusJapan grapples with how to handle booster shots for elderly, at-risk population
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to offer a third COVID-19 vaccine shot, with jabs...
September 29, 2021
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TechnologyAI piano music transcription improves
Japanese researchers have developed a method that uses artificial intelligence to accurately transcr...
September 28, 2021
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CompaniesIwate sake brewery launches craft gin, vodka
Nanbu Bijin Co., a sake brewing company in Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, has released a craft gin made u...
September 28, 2021
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General NewsGet in touch with rail history at train park
A child sat in the driver’s cab of the D51 locomotive at Ome Railway Park and happily pretended to b...
September 28, 2021
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Asia-PacificChina unveils high-altitude unmanned aircraft at air show
ZHUHAI, China — China unveiled a high-altitude reconnaissance drone during a press viewing on Sunday...
September 28, 2021
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General NewsCosmos Festival in Gunma heralds arrival of autumn
TAKASAKI, Gunma — Lovely pink and yellow flowers are in full bloom at the Cosmos Festival, which her...
September 28, 2021
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EnvironmentMinistry seeks to restrict use of lead bullets due to bird deaths
SAPPORO — The Environment Ministry intends to gradually restrict the use of lead bullets starting in...
September 28, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialAuthorities must do more to protect young children from fatal abuse
Another unbearably grievous incident has occurred. Relevant organizations must examine the case and ...
September 28, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Germany must create a stable government that can lead Europe
It will not be easy to build a structure to succeed the one led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, ...
September 28, 2021
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EconomySkyrocketing freight rates for container ships drive up Japan food prices
The shortage of marine transportation capacity that has festered amid the COVID-19 crisis has begun ...
September 28, 2021
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ElectionsLDP candidates prepare for runoff scenarios
The Liberal Democratic Party presidential election enters its final stage with a close fight brewing...
September 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Create environment in which high schoolers can choose jobs they want
To enable high school students to choose the kind of jobs they want, it is important to appropriatel...
September 27, 2021
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ElectionsLDP leadership race to be Japan’s next PM likely to end with runoff, Yomiuri survey says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election seems all but certain to head to a runof...
September 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Establish system to handle cancer treatment amid COVID-19 pandemic
The treatment of cancer patients at medical institutions has been affected by the novel coronavirus ...
September 27, 2021
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EnvironmentSwallows adopt old palace as site for respite
NARA — The site of an ancient imperial palace is also one of Japan’s largest resting places for swal...
September 27, 2021