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Politics & GovernmentJapan’s foreign minister meets with ambassadors of 4 Eastern European countries
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi met with ambassadors of four Eastern European countries ...
March 18, 2022
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MusicKohei Matsushita spreads wings in acting, singing
“There is part of me that can’t help but make music,” said actor-singer Kohei Matsushita. His soft-s...
March 18, 2022
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Manga & Anime1980s manga classic about Yugoslavia in WWII reflects crisis in Ukraine
“Ishi no Hana” was first serialized in a monthly manga magazine from 1983 to 1986. It has since been...
March 18, 2022
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Other SportsLocal govts try to ride X-sports popularity
At the Beijing Winter Olympics skateboard and snowboard double-threat Ayumu Hirano soared to gold in...
March 18, 2022
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RussiaJapanese military expert: Russian troops seek to cut off capital to avoid urban fighting
Military expert and Ground Self-Defense Force’s former Eastern Army Commanding General Koichi Isobe ...
March 17, 2022
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General NewsM7.4 quake strikes off northeast Japan; at least 2 dead, 151 injured
A powerful earthquake measuring up to upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale from 0 to 7 st...
March 17, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialPreserve, utilize valuable firsthand data on Great East Japan Earthquake
Editorial [posttime] JST, [postdate] Websites that collect records of the 2011 Great East Japan...
March 17, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Pay increases across all industries needed to help support livelihoods
Steady wage hikes are necessary to support the lives of people who are reeling from the coronavirus ...
March 17, 2022
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Coronavirus
Quasi-emergency measures to end Monday
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Wednesday that the quasi-emergency measures currently applied...
March 16, 2022
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General NewsPowerful quake hits northeast Japan; tsunami advisory issued
A powerful magnitude-7.3 earthquake occurred off the coast of northeast Japan at around 11:36 p.m. o...
March 16, 2022
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese government speeds preparations to accept Ukrainian evacuees
The government is accelerating its preparations to accept evacuees from Ukraine following Russia’s i...
March 16, 2022
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MusicJapanese orchestras ditch Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812 Overture’
Some Japanese orchestras have decided to stop performing a piece by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tc...
March 16, 2022
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Politics & Government
Trigger clause to lower gasoline taxes likely to be invoked
Gasoline taxes may soon be lowered as the government is making arrangements to invoke a trigger clau...
March 16, 2022
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CoronavirusPanel warns of omicron sub-variant even as infection numbers slowly decrease
There has been a slow decline in the number of newly confirmed coronavirus infection cases across th...
March 16, 2022
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CoronavirusJapan’s health ministry panel warns of omicron sub-variant even as infection numbers slowly decrease
There has been a slow decline in the number of newly confirmed coronavirus infection cases across th...
March 16, 2022