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SumoMitakeumi stuns Terunofuji for New Year title, clinches promotion to ozeki
For sekiwake Mitakeumi, a third career title was certainly a charm, seeing as how it also means a lo...
January 23, 2022
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Associated PressAfghan girls get to be boys, for limited time
KABUL (AP) — In a Kabul neighborhood, a gaggle of boys kick a yellow ball around a dusty playground,...
January 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificSouth Korea: Nation to forgo lockdown for omicron
When the inevitable omicron explosion descends on South Korea, the kind of restrictive approach to d...
January 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificSingapore: 3 in 10 say they still plan to holiday abroad in 2022 despite rise in COVID-19 cases
Nearly three in 10 here are planning to travel overseas this year even if the current global COVID-1...
January 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan, U.S. must boost cooperation to ensure stable international order
There have been conspicuous moves by despotic countries that threaten the international order. To ma...
January 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Olympic results should lead to further development of world-class athletes
Japanese athletes’ spectacular showing at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics should not be a momenta...
January 23, 2022
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Associated PressUNESCO lists Viking-era wooden sailboats on heritage list
ROSKILDE, Denmark (AP) — For thousands of years, wooden sailboats allowed the peoples of Northern Eu...
January 23, 2022
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EconomyPrices of power-assisted bikes on rise in Japan amid popularity, material shortage
Prices are on the rise for power-assisted bicycles, which are becoming fixtures as a means of transp...
January 23, 2022
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Coronavirus
Japan severely ill COVID-19 patients up 8-fold from start of ’22
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms has jumped around eightfold from the start of 2...
January 23, 2022
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CoronavirusSurvey: Pneumonia much less common among omicron patients than delta
The number of people who developed pneumonia after contracting the omicron variant of the novel coro...
January 23, 2022
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Crime & Courts¥3 bil. siphoned out of Hiroshima nursing home operator’s bank account
Hiroshima-based social welfare corporation Sun Phoenix, which operates special nursing homes for the...
January 23, 2022
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US & CanadaKishida, Biden find much common ground in building rapport
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seemed to come away from his teleconference with U.S. President Joe Bid...
January 23, 2022
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General NewsDecline of company teams sees athletes forge dual careers
A drop in the number of company teams is driving amateur athletes to acquire job skills in order to ...
January 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificS.E. Asian market for used Japanese trains slows
BANGKOK — There is a trend in Southeast Asian nations toward purchasing new train carriages instead ...
January 23, 2022
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Reuters
S.Korea says Iran to regain UN vote after delinquent dues paid with frozen funds
SEOUL (Reuters) — Iran is expected to regain its vote in the U.N. General Assembly after South Korea...
January 23, 2022