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CoronavirusTokyo records 16 new COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, unchanged from a week before...
November 27, 2021
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SumoTerunofuji fends off inspired Abi to clinch Kyushu title
Yokozuna Terunofuji clinched his second straight title and sixth overall by fighting off an inspired...
November 27, 2021
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CompaniesAxe falls on Mizuho execs after spate of system glitches
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Tatsufumi Sakai and Koji Fujiwara, the president of its bankin...
November 27, 2021
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Books & LiteratureHiroshima bomb story by Akira Kurosawa’s screenwriter published in English
OSAKA — A Japanese novel centered on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was published this autumn in En...
November 27, 2021
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General NewsCatch certificates eyed to stamp out eel poaching
The Fisheries Agency plans to include glass eel in a certification system from December 2025 as part...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Survey: 30% of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients suffer aftereffects
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Nearly 30% of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients suffered from aftereffects, a surv...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Japan places new variant at 2nd-highest warning level
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Friday it has placed a new c...
November 27, 2021
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Crime & Courts
Court nixes objection to halt of Kansai Super Market’s merger
OSAKA (Jiji Press) — Kobe District Court dismissed on Friday an objection by Kansai Super Market Ltd...
November 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Mizuho’s new leadership must strike at root cause of system failure
It is only natural for the top management of the bank and its parent company to step down. The chang...
November 27, 2021
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General NewsSapporo blanketed in white
People cautiously cross a street in Sapporo on Saturday morning, when the city had its first accumul...
November 27, 2021
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Wider WorldJapan’s Self-Defense Forces personnel dispatched to Djibouti
The government has dispatched several Self-Defense Forces an other personnel to Djibouti to help Jap...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentNippon Ishin coleader Katayama to step down due to poor health
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toranosuke Katayama, coleader of Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), ...
November 27, 2021
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ReutersMizuho’s top execs to resign after govt punishments over system failures
TOKYO (Reuters) — Mizuho Financial Group said on Friday its chief and three other executives will re...
November 26, 2021
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Politics & Government
Govt adopts FY21 extra budget with record spending
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government adopted at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on Friday a fiscal 2...
November 26, 2021
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SumoAbi stands as last hurdle for Terunofuji
Having only returned to the top division after more than a year’s absence, No. 15 maegashira Abi is ...
November 26, 2021