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Politics & GovernmentSuga Positions Carbon Goal, Digitization as Pillars for Economic Revitalization
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged to work on measures to combat global warming and promote di...
December 5, 2020
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MarketsJapan Govt Panel Aims to Mitigate Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Dominance in Stock Trading
To correct the extreme concentration of domestic stock trading in the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the g...
December 5, 2020
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BaseballBaseball Legend Ichiro Now Coaching Next Generation of Japanese Players
WAKAYAMA -- Baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki was back on the field recently, coaching players from h...
December 5, 2020
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Other SportsNiiya, Aizawa Break Japan Records in 10,000, Secure Olympic Berths
OSAKA -- Hitomi Niiya smashed the Japan record in the women's 10,000 meters that had stood for ne...
December 5, 2020
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Yomiuri EditorialSuga Needs to Show Clear Plans to Overcome Crisis / Halting Virus is 1st Step to Fixing Economy
In order to erase society's fears about novel coronavirus infections and have the economy recover...
December 5, 2020
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General NewsAfghans Remember Japanese Doctor 1 Year after Killing
TEHRAN -- A memorial ceremony was held for Japanese doctor Tetsu Nakamura in eastern Afghanistan ...
December 5, 2020
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Social Series100 Years of Meiji Jingu / Area West of Shrine Eyed for Revitalization
This is the third and final installment of a series on the Meiji Jingu shrine in Shibuya Ward, To...
December 5, 2020
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Political SeriesState of LDP Factions / Kishida under Pressure to Expand Support Base
This is the sixth installment in a series examining the current state of the Liberal Democratic P...
December 5, 2020
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EconomyJapan’s Business Community Wary of Suga Adviser
David Atkinson, a member of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's brain trust, has alarmed some in Japa...
December 5, 2020
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Japan In FocusHiroshima: Hiroshima Unearths Pre-tragedy Traces of Life
HIROSHIMA -- The area around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park -- symbolized by the Atomic Bomb D...
December 4, 2020
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Japan In FocusKumamoto: Quake-hit Kumamoto Castle to Open Next Spring
KUMAMOTO -- Kumamoto Castle, which was damaged in an earthquake, has largely completed restoratio...
December 4, 2020
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Coronavirus
Tokyo Maintains Highest Virus Alert; Experts Express Concerns
The Tokyo metropolitan government kept its alert posture for the spread of the novel coronavirus ...
December 4, 2020
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Politics & GovernmentCherry-blossom Viewing Party Investigations Set to Change Japan Ruling LDP Dynamics
Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's influence in the political world will inevitably diminish as p...
December 4, 2020
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Other SportsHagino Regains Japan National Title as Olympic Swimming Venue Hosts 1st Meet
Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino helped baptize the Tokyo Aquatics Center, the newly built ven...
December 4, 2020
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Yomiuri Editorial
Situation in Afghanistan not Conducive to a Reduction in U.S. Military Personnel
U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan play a role in deterring terrorism and promoting the peace p...
December 4, 2020