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CoronavirusJapan’s coronavirus infections top 10,000 for first time since September
New novel coronavirus cases exceeded 10,000 nationwide on Wednesday for the first time since Sept. 9...
January 12, 2022
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General NewsSurvey set to start at Fukushima plant No. 1 reactor containment vessel
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. was scheduled to begin investigating...
January 12, 2022
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Associated PressChina’s Tianjin orders more testing on 14 million residents
BEIJING (AP) — The northern Chinese city of Tianjin ordered a second round of COVID-19 testing on al...
January 12, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
South Korea: Is Korean media silencing LGBT voices?
A rendition of Lady Gaga’s LGBT anthem “Born This Way” with a missing lyric by a South Korean group ...
January 12, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Laos: Communities of the Nakai Plateau get new livelihoods
The creation of a reservoir on the Nakai Plateau gave birth to new communities and new livelihoods. ...
January 12, 2022
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Imperial FamilyJapan prime minister submits report on Imperial succession
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida submitted to leaders of the Diet on Wednesday a final report on how to ...
January 12, 2022
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CoronavirusSchedule for expedited booster campaign yet to be confirmed
As a schedule for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses for booster campaigns is yet to be conf...
January 12, 2022
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Associated PressDjokovic clarifies movements, Australian visa saga continues
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic knew he had tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended...
January 12, 2022
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General NewsTwin panda cubs make debut at Ueno Zoo
Twin giant panda cubs born at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in June made their public debut on Wednesday. The zoo...
January 12, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKishida ‘running hard’ during first 100 days
Tuesday marked the 100th day since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida assumed office. “I’ve been running s...
January 12, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Deepening N. Korea missile threat cannot be ignored by world leaders
North Korea’s dangerous moves to improve its missile performance by repeatedly test-firing missiles ...
January 12, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentKono keeps eye on presidency as he reforms LDP’s public relations
Taro Kono is swiftly reforming the Liberal Democratic Party’s public relations strategy, using his h...
January 12, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
We must not let omicron’s ‘mild’ symptoms lull us into complacency
Even if people infected with the new omicron variant of the novel coronavirus tend to have a lower r...
January 12, 2022
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Associated PressJan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump aide, 2 GOP strategists
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is demanding records a...
January 12, 2022
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General NewsCrowdfunding, hometown tax payments help repair Japan’s cultural properties
Crowdfunding and the so-called “hometown tax” donation system, are increasingly being used to pay fo...
January 12, 2022