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General NewsStains found on World Heritage in Todaiji
NARA (Jiji Press) — Stains from what appears to be a liquid have been discovered on a part of a buil...
April 16, 2022
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ReutersOmicron-specific Sinopharm COVID vaccine candidates cleared for clinical trial
BEIJING, April 16 (Reuters) - Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by units of China National B...
April 16, 2022
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Washington PostUkrainian governor says Mariupol ‘has been wiped off the face of the earth’
As Russia appears poised to capture Mariupol more than six weeks into the invasion, the governor of ...
April 16, 2022
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Defense & SecurityPanel of Japan’s ruling LDP calls for spending 2% of GDP on defense in 5 years
The LDP’s Research Commission on Security, headed by former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, recen...
April 16, 2022
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CompaniesJapanese firm keen to hire middle-aged women for mid-career catering positions
A major Japanese company has launched an initiative to attract middle-aged women back into the work...
April 16, 2022
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Associated PressPalestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — The journey of the Palestinian who opened fire at a street-side...
April 16, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Recognition of bullying should not have been so late in coming
There must have been many opportunities to suspect bullying. Many questions remain as to why the sch...
April 16, 2022
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ReutersSingapore’s Lee says Finance Minister Wong to succeed him as PM
SINGAPORE, April 16 (Reuters) - Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that Fin...
April 16, 2022
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Associated PressHolocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
PHOENIX (AP) — Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor who wrote about her ordeal and went on to...
April 16, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Support capacity building of coastal states amid China’s expansion
China continues its aggressive expansion into the South China Sea. In order to protect the free mari...
April 16, 2022
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Japan In FocusJapanese war orphan left behind in China graduates junior high school at 78
NARA — A 78-year-old woman who spent most of her life in China has graduated from a Japanese junior ...
April 16, 2022
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Japan In FocusYamaguchi: Limestone cave still holds mysteries 100 years later
MINE, Yamaguchi — It has been 100 years since one of Japan’s largest limestone caves, Akiyoshido in ...
April 16, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentHiroshima seen as strong candidate venue for Japan-hosted G7 summit in 2023
Hiroshima has emerged as a strong candidate to host the Group of Seven summit in 2023, several gover...
April 16, 2022
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Associated PressNorth Korea’s Kim attends parade honoring grandfather
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a massive civilian parade in the ...
April 16, 2022
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CompaniesJapanese convenience stores hikes price of popular fried chicken after 36 years
Lawson Inc. will raise the price of its hot-selling Kara-age Kun fried chicken by ¥22 to ¥238 per pa...
April 16, 2022