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General NewsTerraced planting tradition
People plant rice at the Oyama Senmaida terraced paddies in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday....
May 1, 2022
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CompaniesSumitomo Mitsui Banking ATMs disrupted due to glitch
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. on Saturday said that a computer system glitch i...
May 1, 2022
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General NewsMom and daughter enroll at police academy at same time
SENDAI — A mother and daughter from Sendai have made policing history by becoming the first parent a...
May 1, 2022
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General NewsGolden Week getaways begin without pandemic restrictions
Transport facilities were crowded with travelers at the start of the Golden Week holiday, which has ...
April 30, 2022
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General News
IAEA sees only limited impact of Fukushima water release
BERLIN (Jiji Press) — An International Atomic Energy Agency team Friday said it sees only a limited ...
April 30, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida looks to strengthen cooperation with ASEAN leaders during overseas tour
JAKARTA — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday, k...
April 30, 2022
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Washington PostThe border wall Trump called unclimbable is taking a grim toll
SAN DIEGO – In the trauma wards of this city’s major hospitals, patients from the border have arrive...
April 30, 2022
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ReutersUkraine says Russia stole ‘several hundred thousand tonnes’ of grain
KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces have stolen “several hundred thousand tonnes” of grain in the areas ...
April 30, 2022
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ReutersSPECIAL REPORT-How military technology reaches Russia in breach of U.S. export controls
By his own account, Ilias Sabirov, a Moscow businessman, had supplied Russia’s military with high-pe...
April 30, 2022
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General NewsSearch planned for interior of sunken sightseeing boat off Hokkaido
SHARI, Hokkaido — The 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters began searching inside the sunken Kazu I...
April 30, 2022
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ReutersFormer tennis champion Becker jailed in UK bankruptcy case
LONDON (Reuters) – German tennis great Boris Becker was jailed for two years and six months by a Lon...
April 30, 2022
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ReutersHuge traffic jams as Indonesia’s Eid al-Fitr holiday exodus starts
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Tens of millions of Indonesian Muslims are expected to travel back to their home...
April 30, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
G7 nations should take lead in putting more pressure on Russia
To force Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine, it is necessary to put even stronger pressure on th...
April 30, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentHayashi seeks Kazakhstan’s cooperation over Ukraine
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, in talks with his counterpart of Kazakhstan...
April 30, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Unreasonable demands from customers should not be tolerated
There is no end to the number of customers who place an undue burden on employees with malicious co...
April 30, 2022