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Asia-PacificChina’s digital currency push faces uphill battle
BEIJING — At Beijing Winter Games venues, China’s digital currency has been designated as an officia...
February 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan in step with G7 over sanctioning Russia
Japan will in principle take concerted action with the Group of Seven nations in imposing economic s...
February 20, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsJapan’s Takagi falls in mass start speed skating semis, fails to defend title
Defending Olympic champion Nana Takagi tumbled out of the women’s mass start speed skating semifinal...
February 20, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBritain wins Olympic women’s curling gold 10-3 over Japan
BEIJING (AP) — Eve Muirhead led Britain to the Olympic women’s curling gold medal — the first for th...
February 20, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan, EU reject attempts to change status quo by force
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and top European Union diplomat Jos...
February 20, 2022
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GlobalG-7 to make Russia pay costs in event of invasion
BERLIN (Jiji Press) — Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven major powers Saturday agreed to make R...
February 20, 2022
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General NewsTsunami-ravaged school in Miyagi Prefecture to be opened to public in April
Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged in a fire sparked b...
February 20, 2022
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General NewsCalls to review Meiji Jingu Gaien plan to cut down 100-year-old trees
There is both hope and dissent over the planned redevelopment of the Meiji Jingu Gaien area, which i...
February 20, 2022
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General NewsFlexible working styles to be focus of Japan’s spring labor negotiations
Flexible working is expected to be a major focus of this year’s spring negotiations between labor an...
February 20, 2022
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Associated PressU.S., Britain accuse Russia of cyberattacks targeting Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blamed Russia on Friday for this week’s cyberattacks targeting Ukr...
February 19, 2022
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Associated PressBiden is ‘convinced’ Putin has decided to invade Ukraine
KYIV (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday that he is “convinced” Russian President Vladimir P...
February 19, 2022
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Olympics & ParalympicsBritain set up gold medal clash with Japan in women’s curling event
BEIJING (Reuters) — Britain edged 2018 Olympic champions Sweden 12-11 in an extra end in a tense sho...
February 19, 2022
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Elections
Rengo to cooperate with CDP, DPFP toward Upper House election
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, decided Thursday its basic st...
February 18, 2022
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TroubleshooterMy domineering parents disgust me to the point of driving me to tears
I’m a female company employee in my 30s, and sometimes I feel so sick and disgusted with my parents ...
February 18, 2022
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CoronavirusJapanese PM Kishida announces decision to ease border control measures in March
Coronavirus-related border control measures will be eased from March, and nonresident foreigners suc...
February 18, 2022