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Yomiuri EditorialRein in cost of offshore wind power to make most of renewable energy
Aiming to promote offshore wind power generation, a key to increasing the production of renewable en...
March 22, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Speed legal reform to help former foster children become self-sufficient
About 42,000 children nationwide live in foster homes or with foster families, away from their biolo...
March 22, 2022
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Social SeriesOkinawa 50 yrs since return: National political affairs / Inaugural agency head supported development with ‘sense of atonement’
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s return to Japan. This is the second installment of...
March 22, 2022
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CompaniesSubscribing to cars, appliances via smartphone takes off
Taking out a subscription to use valuable items such as cars, furniture and home appliances can be e...
March 22, 2022
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Associated PressASEAN envoy for Myanmar crisis arrives on first mission
BANGKOK (AP) — Cambodia’s foreign minister arrived Monday in Myanmar’s capital Naypyitaw on his mis...
March 22, 2022
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Associated PressUS says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide
WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent repression of the largely Muslim Rohingya population in Myanmar amounts t...
March 22, 2022
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Politics & Government
Japan govt issues power shortage warning for 1st time
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government on Monday issued a power shortage warning for the firs...
March 21, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo reports 3,855 new coronavirus Cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 3,855 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down...
March 21, 2022
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Associated PressState media report crash of Chinese airliner with 133 aboard
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese airliner with 133 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guang...
March 21, 2022
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General NewsDigitally produced ‘yosegaki’ group message cards growing popular amid pandemic
A staple of farewell parties in Japan is a collection of written messages called yosegaki, which fri...
March 21, 2022
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General NewsSuspended Tohoku Shinkansen section to partly reopen Tuesday
The operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train will resume Tuesday in parts of a section suspen...
March 21, 2022
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General News
Netflix’s Japan subsidiary fined for ¥1.2 bil. tax loophole scheme through 2019
U.S. streaming giant Netflix, Inc.’s subsidiary in Japan was found to have used tax loopholes to red...
March 21, 2022
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General NewsPeople fix quake-toppled tombstones following March 16 temblor in Japan
A man on Sunday puts back in place a tombstone at a cemetery in Tome, Miyagi Prefecture, after it wa...
March 21, 2022
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General NewsJapan to launch AI translation system for foreign job seekers
To support foreign workers, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will start translating job listin...
March 21, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo’s daily infection numbers expected to stay around 6,000 in April
New cases of coronavirus infection are expected to remain at about 6,000 a day in Tokyo after the M...
March 21, 2022