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EconomyJapan’s shipping industry reenters ammonia transport market, eyes its potential as marine fuel
Ammonia is expected to become a next-generation fuel that will be a boon for the global trend of dec...
June 21, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialLower house speaker: 2-power bloc politics preferable to 2-party system
This year marks 25 years since the introduction of the system of combining single-seat constituencie...
June 21, 2021
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CompaniesMizuho FG’s management responsibility in question over system failures
The Financial Services Agency aims to issue a business improvement order to Mizuho Financial Group, ...
June 21, 2021
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General NewsFormer Tokyo cinema town opens 1st movie theater in 50 years
A local movie theater in Ome, Tokyo, the city’s first in 50 years, opened its doors on June 4 after ...
June 21, 2021
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Olympics & ParalympicsOlympic torch relay nears end of tough road in Japan
The Olympic torch relay continues along its difficult road, recently entering its 40th prefecture — ...
June 20, 2021
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General NewsTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya train riders face fee to help pay for accessibility at stations
Riding the train is likely to cost a little bit more in the near future as the transport ministry is...
June 20, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentAkiba tapped as Japan’s next national security chief
The government plans to retire Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of the National Security Secretar...
June 20, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Fed must tread carefully in exploring ways to scale down monetary easing
A hike to interest rates and a paring of quantitative easing by the U.S. central bank will have a si...
June 20, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Strive to create society in which men, women raise children together
The Child-rearing and Nursing Care Leave Law was revised in the recent ordinary Diet session to make...
June 20, 2021
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ElectionsSuga maneuvers to have LDP race held after lower house election
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is moving to create a scenario in which he dissolves the House of Repr...
June 20, 2021
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CompaniesJapan’s automakers discontinuing production of beloved models
In response to both a shrinking domestic market and the accelerating shift toward electric vehicles,...
June 19, 2021
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Crime & Courts
Japanese former Olympians angered by sexually exploitative photos
Japanese female athletes are constantly being exploited by others who use their images for sexual pu...
June 19, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Court gives tough sentence in case involving large-scale vote-buying
Compared with past incidents of election violations, the number of people who took bribes and the am...
June 19, 2021
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Asia-PacificMore young Chinese taking social pressures ‘lying down’
SHANGHAI — More and more young Chinese are expressing a desire to sit out the rat race. Or more symb...
June 19, 2021
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Vantage PointGuardian of cosmopolitan Tokyo community
“We have a community here that we want to make sure we maintain,” said Anthony Cala, who manages Tok...
June 19, 2021