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Social SeriesOlympic scandal / Japan eyes Olympic reforms in run-up to 2030 Winter Games bid
This is the fourth and last installment of the series featuring corruption behind the 2020 Tokyo Oly...
October 29, 2022
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General NewsStudents find paper books easier to read than e-books
Elementary, junior high and high school students who have used e-books tend to find paper books easi...
October 29, 2022
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Insights Into The WorldUkrainians showing there is light at end of tunnel
It is very easy to have apocalyptic fears about the state of global politics right now. A major war ...
October 28, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentLDP seeks talks on adding emergency provisions to Constitution
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party called Thursday for swift discussions on adding provisions to th...
October 28, 2022
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EconomyTokyo core consumer prices log steepest rise in 40 years
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The core consumer price index for Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards in October...
October 28, 2022
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Associated PressBarack Obama gets a midterm do-over to help boost Democrats
ATLANTA (AP) — Barack Obama is trying to do something he couldn’t during two terms as president: hel...
October 28, 2022
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Associated PressIran’s elite technical university emerges as hub of protests
The aging brick campus of the Sharif University of Technology, Iran’s elite technical school, has lo...
October 28, 2022
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General NewsRecord 244,940 children refuse to go to school
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of elementary and junior high school students in Japan who refused t...
October 28, 2022
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General NewsArticles on Abe state funeral among most read in September
Articles related to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s state funeral received particular attention a...
October 28, 2022
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Imperial FamilyEmperor, Empress attend GEA opening ceremony
The Emperor and Empress attended the opening ceremony of the GEA International Conference 2022, host...
October 28, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialStress from restricted activities may be key factor
It is worrying if more children feel that school is not enjoyable because they cannot interact freel...
October 28, 2022
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ScienceIconic ‘Pillars of Creation’ captured by James Webb Space Telescope
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — The James Webb Space Telescope captured the iconic “Pillars of Creation,” hu...
October 28, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Promote cooperation among industry, government and academia
It is impractical to separate cutting-edge scientific and technological research into civilian and m...
October 28, 2022
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ScienceApollo, Gemini astronaut James McDivitt dies at 93
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — James McDivitt, a former U.S. astronaut who commanded some of NASA’s earliest...
October 28, 2022
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Technology
U.S. cryonics facility preserves bodies to revive later
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) — Time and death are “on pause” for some people in Scottsdale, Ariz. In...
October 28, 2022