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CompaniesAutomated Vehicles for Delivery Services may Run on Public Roads within FY21
Automated vehicles might be making deliveries on public roads within fiscal 2021 at the earliest, Th...
February 8, 2021
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EconomyJapanese Govt Considers new System to Decarbonize Electricity Sector
The government plans to introduce a new system that will make it easier for manufacturers and other ...
February 8, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentMunicipal Data to Move to Govt cloud Starting in 2023
The government has decided to move the administrative data of all local governments to a central gov...
February 7, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentBumps ahead for Main Opposition CDPJ on Its Road to Seize Power in Japan
The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has held its first convention since the...
February 7, 2021
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EconomyMore Urbanites Relocating to ‘Work in Places I Like’
With only two cardboard boxes needed to move his belongings, 25-year-old Mutsumi Jo relocated to Hag...
February 7, 2021
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General NewsPolice to Get Ability to Immediately Examine Suspicious Drones
The government plans to create a new system that would allow authorities who spot drones in the sky ...
February 7, 2021
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Defense & SecurityU.S. Eyeing Online Summit with Japan, Australia, India
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has approached Japan, Australia and India about holdi...
February 7, 2021
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Social SeriesSocial Distancing with Animals Becoming Norm at Zoos
Concerns about the spread of the coronavirus are not limited to people. Zoo operators across Japan h...
February 7, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialJapanese Government Must Reflect Seriously on Leaving COCOA Glitch Unfixed
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has left a glitch on an app unfixed for as long as four month...
February 7, 2021
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Coronavirus
EU Approves 1st Vaccine Export to Japan
BRUSSELS — The European Union has approved for the first time the export of COVID-19 vaccines to Jap...
February 7, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
How Can Megahits Like ‘Demon Slayer’ Be Created to Power Cultural Industry?
This phenomenon is energizing the cultural industry, which is in a difficult situation. The success ...
February 7, 2021
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Books & LiteratureBound to Please / Scalzi’s Satirical Space Opera Trilogy Hits Plenty of High Notes
Thousands of years in the future, a young woman named Cardenia Wu-Patrick finds herself on the thron...
February 6, 2021
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Japan In FocusGroup Strives to Restore Suzuki Clan Residence
KAINAN, Wakayama — A citizens group in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, is working to restore the old re...
February 6, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialMori’s Thoughtless Words on Women Unbecoming for Tokyo Games Chief
Certain remarks ought not to be made by a person in a position to lead an extravaganza that draws th...
February 6, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialIntl Community must Call on Russia to Release Kremlin Critic Navalny
The administration of Russian President Vladimir Putin is relentlessly attempting to ostracize a cen...
February 6, 2021