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Politics & GovernmentGovt to devise criteria for releasing names of those missing in disasters
The government will compile a unified set of criteria so that local governments can quickly release ...
January 31, 2022
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General NewsToasty tour
Riverboat tourists in Nagoya stay warm over the weekend with their legs under a kotatsu, a table wit...
January 31, 2022
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CoronavirusSDF COVID-19 booster rollout starts in Tokyo
The Self-Defense Forces started a mass vaccination drive for COVID-19 booster shots at Otemachi Gove...
January 31, 2022
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Asia-PacificThe Xi Games 1 : Communist party-led preparations dictate only success
BEIJING — Beijing will be the first city in history to have hosted the Summer and Winter Olympics wh...
January 31, 2022
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General NewsJapan to abolish age limit on protective custody for children
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has decided to abolish the age limit on support for children ...
January 31, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Companies must prepare for rapid increase in staff unable to work
The spread of the novel coronavirus has caused various disruptions in business activities that suppo...
January 31, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Will public discussion in U.S. pave way for central bank digital currencies?
The Federal Reserve Board has released its first report outlining potential benefits and challenges ...
January 31, 2022
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EnvironmentRare Okinawa bird bouncing back
NAHA — Forty years have passed since researchers discovered the Okinawa rail, a rare, flightless bir...
January 31, 2022
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Politics & Government
Govt looks to have more Japanese executives in international organizations
The government has been working even harder to help Japanese nationals earn executive positions in i...
January 31, 2022
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Books & LiteraturePhoto exhibition shows unknown sides of novelist Ogai Mori
A special exhibition of photos of novelist Ogai Mori (1862-1922), commemorating the 160th anniversar...
January 31, 2022
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General NewsSmartphone rentals help disadvantaged in Japan secure places to live and work
Having a smartphone and access to Wi-Fi has become an indispensable part of finding a job and a plac...
January 31, 2022
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ReutersN.Korea says tested most powerful missile since 2017
SEOUL (Reuters) — North Korea confirmed on Monday it had tested a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ball...
January 31, 2022
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Coronavirus
Variant of omicron variant spreading in Japan, world
Sunday marked two years since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of in...
January 31, 2022
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Asia-PacificSingapore: NASA buys undergrad’s planetary artwork
Mr. Jarrod Chua happily indulged his hobby of drawing planet-themed comics after being issued a stay...
January 30, 2022
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Asia-PacificIndia: Climate activist blogger hopes Antarctic voyage will inspire countless others like her
A Delhi girl and travel blogger, Saanya Bhandari Jain is one of the youngest women who would represe...
January 30, 2022