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FashionMakeup serves as mirror of changing times
The makeup adding a splash of color to our lives also acts as a mirror of the times. Makeup — which...
July 3, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialTrust between doctors, patients vital to utilize online medical services
There is great merit in online consultation, which make it easier to receive medical services for pe...
July 3, 2021
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ElectionsNikai: LDP won’t support election campaigns of study-shy members
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai warned Thursday that the party would not ...
July 2, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
CCP’s switch from flexibility to rigidity could be perilous
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping’s speech during the extravagant ceremony held Thursday to mar...
July 2, 2021
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Asia-PacificChina vows to accelerate military modernization on CCP centenary
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to accelerate the modernization of the Chinese military...
July 2, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
China’s pursuit of more power goes to unreasonable lengths / Respect for universal values is essential
A hard-line stance on foreign affairs will cause unnecessary friction with other countries, which in...
July 2, 2021
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Olympics & ParalympicsSome Tokyo Games events likely to be held without spectators
The government and the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games have begun mak...
July 2, 2021
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Manga & AnimeVoice actor Megumi Ogata: Evangelion’s Shinji is my alter ego
Megumi Ogata, who voices the protagonist in the immortal Evangelion sci-fi anime series, recently re...
July 2, 2021
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FashionFrom Maserati to toilets, Harajuku fashion icons put their spin on collaborative projects
Since August last year, a curious little project called The Tokyo Toilet has been underway on the st...
July 2, 2021
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Political SeriesCCP at 100: Collapse of collective leadership system gives Xi absolute authority
This is the second installment of a series looking at the costs of the Chinese Communist Party’s str...
July 2, 2021
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Political SeriesCCP at 100: China accelerating efforts to assimilate ethnic minorities into Han Chinese state
China on Thursday extravagantly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Comm...
July 1, 2021
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SumoSuspended for a year, Asanoyama faces cascading series of demotions
Ozeki Asanoyama, who showed so much potential for greatness with his classic, two-handed-belt-grabbi...
July 1, 2021
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GlobalG20 foreign ministers meeting shows gap in intl cooperation
MATERA, Italy /LONDON — The Group of 20 foreign ministers have confirmed the need to work together f...
July 1, 2021
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Art4 seasons folded into origami interior designs
Introduced to origami as children, many people find few opportunities to indulge in the paper-foldin...
July 1, 2021
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General NewsGroups and trust: Cross-cultural research can shake common assumptions
“The Japanese are group-oriented so…” Aargh! Ever since the notion that Japanese people are group-or...
July 1, 2021