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General NewsPromise of ‘paradise’ drew residents of Japan to emigrate to North Korea over 4 decades ago
While it might be hard to believe today, from 1959 to 1984, 93,000 people emigrated from Japan to No...
November 23, 2021
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Associated Press5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds into Christmas parade
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving...
November 22, 2021
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EuropeFresh protests, violence against Covid restrictions
BRUSSELS (AFP-Jiji) — A fresh wave of protests broke out in several European cities and in some Fren...
November 22, 2021
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Asia-PacificAustralia to re-open borders to students, workers
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia announced Monday it will again welcome foreign students and skilled wo...
November 22, 2021
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ElectionsSurvey: Runoff likely in Japan’s largest opposition party’s leadership race
A runoff between the top two candidates is becoming increasingly likely in the Constitutional Democr...
November 22, 2021
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Global
U.S., Australia, U.K. sign key deal in nuclear sub alliance
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Australia formally embarked Monday on a hotly contested program to equip its nav...
November 22, 2021
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CompaniesJapan Inc. revisits telework as COVID-19 cases fall
A survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun on major companies’ views on telework revealed that the ne...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsMiyagi town unveils final monument preserving memories of 2011 disaster
ONAGAWA, Miyagi — A group that includes those who were junior high school students when the Great Ea...
November 22, 2021
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Associated PressEl Salvador to build cryptocurrency-fueled “Bitcoin City”
LA LIBERTAD, El Salvador (AP) — In a rock concert-like atmosphere, El Salvador President Nayib Bukel...
November 22, 2021
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CompaniesSurvey: 56% of Japanese major companies to maintain telework policies, 28% to reduce
More than half of Japanese companies said they would maintain their current teleworking policies eve...
November 22, 2021
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TechnologyJapan to launch satellites to build observation network, eyeing detection of HGVs
The government, aiming to construct an observation network of small satellites, plans to launch thre...
November 22, 2021
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EconomyNuclear power getting a second look
In the north German village of Brokdorf, near the mouth of the Elbe River that flows to the North Se...
November 22, 2021
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General NewsMountain temples hope to lure people to try ‘tera-work’
OSAKA — Within the past two years, two mash-up words related to employment have barged their way int...
November 22, 2021
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EconomyJapan eyes first-ever release of state stores of oil
Japan and the United States will officially announce as early as this week the release of oil reserv...
November 22, 2021
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Asia-PacificBeijing to start reservation system for Tiananmen Square
BEIJING — Visitors to Tiananmen Square in Beijing will need to make reservations to enter the expans...
November 22, 2021