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Asia-PacificPhilippines: Pandemic raised poverty rate to 23.7% in 1st half of 2021
The prolonged COVID-19 pandemic which shed jobs and livelihoods, coupled with high consumer prices, ...
January 2, 2022
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Other SportsAoyama Gakuin on track for 6th Hakone title
Freshman Aoi Ota put Aoyama Gakuin University into the lead in the third stage and the Tokyo school ...
January 2, 2022
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General NewsBrown bears causing serious problems in Hokkaido
SAPPORO — Brown bears have been causing serious problems in Hokkaido this fiscal year, killing four ...
January 2, 2022
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CompaniesCompanies vie for mid-career IT talent as digitization accelerates
An increasing number of Japanese companies are recruiting employees who are already established in t...
January 2, 2022
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ScienceJapan to join Bill Gates-led fast reactor project in U.S., sharing Monju experience
WASHINGTON — Japan will participate in a U.S. project to develop a next-generation fast reactor, The...
January 2, 2022
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Asia-PacificOverland trade between China, North Korea set to resume
SHENYANG, China — China and North Korea are believed to have agreed to resume overland trade this mo...
January 2, 2022
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General News
Japanese passport applications to be made available online
arious procedures for renewing passports will be made available online from next fiscal year. The pr...
January 2, 2022
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General NewsParental abductions by Japanese becoming diplomatic issue
An increasing number of foreign nationals are claiming that their children have been abducted by the...
January 2, 2022
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CompaniesHonda nudges employees to return to office
Beginning Thursday, Honda Motor Co. will seek to have 70% of its employees work at the office, up fr...
January 2, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Tokyo Games’ final cost estimate shows bid numbers were unrealistic
Although there were no additional funds required from the public coffers in the end — a situation th...
January 2, 2022
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CompaniesPandemic-hit airlines expand horizons in search of profit
With their flight operations suffering losses amid the pandemic, airlines are finding creative ways ...
January 2, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Vital industry must be protected amid transition to electric vehicles
As part of efforts to achieve decarbonization, automakers are strengthening their sales strategies f...
January 2, 2022
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Defense & SecurityLocal govts in Okinawa Pref. often kept from checking U.S. bases’ environmental pollution
Although municipal governments in Okinawa Prefecture officially have the ability to conduct on-site ...
January 2, 2022
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Social SeriesOkinawa 50 years since return / The long road toward postwar restoration of Shuri Castle
In this series, we mark the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s return to Japan by looking at its past and...
January 2, 2022
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CoronavirusTokyo logs 79 new coronavirus cases
The Tokyo metropolitan government announced Saturday that 79 new novel coronavirus cases had been co...
January 1, 2022