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CoronavirusTokyo logs 25,277 new cases
Tokyo confirmed 25,277 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Saturday, up from a week earlier ...
August 20, 2022
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Asia-PacificCambodia: Sweet-voiced singer recalls bitter life under Khmer Rouge regime
Life under the Khmer Rouge regime was brutal for many and every person who lived through it has thei...
August 20, 2022
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CoronavirusGovt eyes alternatives to reporting all COVID cases
The government has indicated it intends to speed up a review of the pandemic-related regulation that...
August 20, 2022
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ArtGiant portraits take over park in Kobe
Inside Out Project Kobe, an art event that pastes giant portraits on walls, is being held at Meriken...
August 20, 2022
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Travel SpotsLate summer blooms
Sulfur cosmos flowers carpet the grounds of the Fujiwara Palace Ruins in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture....
August 20, 2022
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General NewsGovernment to subsidize local ‘My Number’ reward schemes
The central government plans to subsidize points schemes linked to My Number identification cards op...
August 20, 2022
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General NewsTokyo Gov. Koike to gather information on organ trafficking
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said Friday that the Tokyo metropolitan government will “gather necessary in...
August 20, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (August 20)
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August 20, 2022
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General NewsLawsuit seeks injunction against state funeral for Abe
Members of a citizens’ group filed a lawsuit Friday in Osaka District Court seeking an injunction ag...
August 20, 2022
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CompaniesMitsui to notify Russia of keeping rights and interests in Sakhalin-2 project
Mitsui & Co. plans to notify the Russian government of its intention to maintain its rights and inte...
August 20, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Reforms needed to improve technical intern program
The poor working conditions of foreign trainees in Japan’s so-called technical intern program have l...
August 20, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Industry, govt, academia must strive to make use of Japan’s seabed resources
If the mining of rare mineral resources in the seabed in waters around Japan can be commercialized, ...
August 20, 2022
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Japan In FocusKagawa: When you wish upon a cucumber …
SHODOSHIMA, Kagawa — An unusual Buddhist ritual in which a cucumber is used to pray for the healing ...
August 20, 2022
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Japan In FocusKochi: Traditional spider sumo tournament held at shrine
SHIMANTO, Kochi — A shrine in Shikoku held a spider wrestling tournament earlier this month where lo...
August 20, 2022
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Washington PostKamoya Kimeu, renowned fossil hunter in Africa, is dead
Kamoya Kimeu, a Kenyan who worked with the renowned Leakey family of paleontologists, was considered...
August 20, 2022