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Asia-PacificLaos: Huge development project underway in Siphandone
Khong district, an island situated in the Mekong River in Champassak Province in the south of Laos i...
March 23, 2022
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Asia-PacificChina: Parents fret over offspring who fail to measure up
Luo Yan and her husband are above average height, but their two daughters, ages 9 and 10, are no tal...
March 23, 2022
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ReutersU.N. nation-building limits seen in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) — Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai borde...
March 23, 2022
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General NewsMonument bearing A-bomb survivor’s words put on hold
The unveiling of a monument bearing the words of a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing has ...
March 23, 2022
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General News
Cold snap, inactive power plants trigger surge in energy demand, supply shortfall
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized in his online address to the Diet on Wednesday t...
March 23, 2022
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Defense & SecurityProspects for return of northern territories recede
Russia’s Foreign Ministry, in a statement issued Monday, said it will suspend peace treaty negotiati...
March 23, 2022
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General NewsTwin panda cubs at Ueno Zoo to go back on display Friday
The public will see heavier, more agile twin giant panda cubs when they are put back on display at T...
March 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Warnings highlight insufficient measures to bolster electricity supply
Hit by a cold wave, the Kanto region has fallen into the worst power crisis since the 2011 Great Eas...
March 23, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Russia is to blame for suspension of bilateral negotiations on northern territories
Russia bears full responsibility for the suspension of negotiations. The Japanese government must st...
March 23, 2022
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ArtCultural agency wants Japan to host international art fair in 2025
The Agency for Cultural Affairs wants to invite organizers of an international art fair to hold an e...
March 23, 2022
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Social SeriesOkinawa 50 yrs since return: National political affairs / Japanese PM conveyed to Clinton ‘hope’ for return of Futenma in 1996
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s return to Japan. This is the third installment of ...
March 23, 2022
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RussiaRussia halts peace treaty talks with Japan over Ukraine sanctions
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday it has no intention of continuing peace treaty talks with Japa...
March 22, 2022
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General NewsTohoku Shinkansen service partially restored
Operation of the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train resumed Tuesday in parts of a section that was suspe...
March 22, 2022
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CoronavirusHard-hit hotels, restaurants try to utilize negative coronavirus certificates
Quasi-emergency measures against the novel coronavirus have been lifted throughout the nation, but t...
March 22, 2022
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General NewsTEPCO asks for supply from 7 firms; power consumption rate exceeds 100%
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. announced Tuesday that its power supply would be supplem...
March 22, 2022