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Asia-PacificJapan 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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CoronavirusLifestyle 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 NewsTokyo 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-PacificIndonesia 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 WorldCentral, 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 NewsMistake 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 EditorialJapan 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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CompaniesJapanese 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 EditorialPromote 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 EditorialExtension 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
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Yomiuri Editorial
Goodwill Must Be Expressed in Various Ways Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, it is becoming increasingly important to support p...
January 30, 2021
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PerspectivesLaid-Back, but Committed: YouTuber Shares Charms of Ancestral Ainu Culture
Some say she’s a YouTuber devoted to passing down her ancestral language, others say she reminds the...
January 30, 2021
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General News
TEPCO: Generated Contaminated Water at Fukushima Reaches Target Level
The amount of the contaminated water generated in 2020 at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant de...
January 29, 2021
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Japan In FocusKumamoto: Female Wrestlers Deliver Humor to Community
YATSUSHIRO, Kumamoto — A traditional women’s sumo event is held annually on Oct. 5 in Yatsushiro, Ku...
January 29, 2021
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Japan In FocusEhime: Keeping Geisha Culture Alive for Future Generations
MATSUYAMA — In a place filled with dramatic flourishes, two geisha in oshiroi snow-white powdered fa...
January 29, 2021