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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
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Japan In FocusFukuoka: Hooded women reach for luck, laughs in eccentric ‘sumo’ event
ITOSHIMA, Fukuoka — An eccentric women’s sumo event in which wrestlers compete while wearing hoods a...
January 29, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Central, Local Govts Working together will Ensure Smooth Vaccinations
It is an unprecedented, large-scale project to inoculate almost all residents using newly developed ...
January 29, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Suga, Biden should Repeat Talks to Deepen Japan-U.S. Alliance
The Japan-U.S. alliance is the cornerstone of Japan’s foreign policy. Tokyo should build a relations...
January 29, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentLDP Trips self up on Coronavirus Law Revisions
The Liberal Democratic Party and the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan agreed Thursday on dra...
January 29, 2021