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Yomiuri EditorialExpand registration system to support wider range of museums
Museums will be the crux of efforts to preserve and utilize precious works from Japan and abroad. Th...
January 11, 2022
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Other SportsGymnastics-Japan’s ‘King Kohei’ announces retirement
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s two-time Olympic all-around champion Kohei Uchimura announced his retireme...
January 11, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Overcome sectionalism to protect children’s right to safety, education
Can the new agency become a command center that will strongly promote a wide range of child-related ...
January 11, 2022
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General NewsPush for diversity, acceptance seen in entertainment, fashion
Last year, Maki Fukuda of the comedy trio San-ji no Heroine posted a message on Twitter declaring th...
January 11, 2022
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DeliciousCommunities growing own hops for beer with unique local flavor
Beer gets its distinctive flavor from hops, and communities around Japan are putting their own local...
January 11, 2022
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DeliciousUdon with red toppings at start of New Year
A New Year’s udon dish from Kagawa Prefecture has been popping up in more and more areas known for p...
January 11, 2022
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Defense & Security
N. Korea launches projectile toward sea of Japan
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — North Korea fired a projectile toward the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, according to...
January 11, 2022
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Associated PressSorrow, grief shatter Bronx community after deadly fire
NEW YORK (AP) — Sorrow welled across a Bronx community Monday, a day a fire and choking smoke engulf...
January 11, 2022
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Associated PressUS, Russia meet for talks amid tensions linked to Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) — Senior U.S. and Russian officials were formally launching special talks on strategic s...
January 10, 2022
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Associated PressNearly 8,000 detained in Kazakhstan amid unrest
MOSCOW (AP) — The authorities in Kazakhstan said Monday that nearly 8,000 people were detained by po...
January 10, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to upgrade test facility for fast reactor research
The government will significantly improve the functions of the AtheNa sodium experimental facility f...
January 10, 2022
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Asia-Pacific
Taiwan mulls lifting ban on Japanese food imports
TAIPEI (Jiji Press) — Taiwan is moving toward a possible removal of a ban on agricultural imports fr...
January 10, 2022
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Associated PressAustralian judge reinstates tennis star Djokovic’s visa
MELBOURNE (AP) — An Australian judge has reinstated tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, which was can...
January 10, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Keep literature, logic integrated to boost high school students’ Japanese
Exposure to great works of literature during high school, when students are highly impressionable, h...
January 10, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Young people coming of age must move forward in times of hardship
Young adults are advised to move forward without flinching even in the middle of the novel coronavir...
January 10, 2022