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EuropeEU will not take unified action on Olympics
BRUSSELS/PARIS – EU leaders on Thursday decided not to take the unified action of committing to a di...
December 18, 2021
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CoronavirusJapan shortens interval for COVID-19 booster shots
Medical workers and senior citizens will be offered COVID-19 booster shots six to seven months after...
December 18, 2021
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CoronavirusFate of Alzheimer’s drug in limbo as review in Japan nears end
Aducanumab, the first drug aimed at suppressing the long-term progression of Alzheimer’s disease, ha...
December 18, 2021
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EuropeEU body rejects Alzheimer’s drug by Biogen, Eisai
BRUSSELS (Jiji Press) — The European Medicines Agency said Friday that it has recommended refusal of...
December 18, 2021
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General NewsTraditional Japanese New Year’s decorations ready for 2022
Workers are busy preparing kadomatsu, traditional New Year’s bamboo and pine decorations, at Soshi g...
December 18, 2021
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Business SeriesLeaders: Satoshi Onoda, President, Representative Director, JERA Co., Inc. / Aiming to achieve high-efficiency thermal power generation toward decarbonization
JERA Co., Inc. is a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings and Chubu Electric P...
December 18, 2021
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Crime & CourtsMore than 20 die in Osaka blaze
OSAKA — A fire broke out Friday morning at a psychosomatic clinic in a building in central Osaka Cit...
December 17, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentData tampering at transport ministry continued after Board of Audit highlighted issue in 2019
Data tampering at the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry that came to light this w...
December 17, 2021
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CoronavirusKishida asks Pfizer for faster vaccine delivery
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday held phone talks with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc.’s...
December 17, 2021
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CoronavirusClose contact of Tokyo omicron patient also infected with variant
A man who had close contact with an omicron patient has also tested positive for the coronavirus var...
December 17, 2021
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General NewsTokyo Station lit up to represent coming of new era
Visitors stand in the cool night air and take photos of Tokyo Station, as the famous building and th...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Ministry’s egregious disregard for integrity of statistics is intolerable
Government statistics are important because they influence the government’s own policymaking and the...
December 17, 2021
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Crime & CourtsBreaking News: 27 people feared dead after blaze in central Osaka
More than 20 people were feared dead following a blaze at a building in a commercial district of Osa...
December 17, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Patent case shows need to deepen industry-academia collaboration
To bring innovative new drugs to market, excellent basic research and development capabilities for c...
December 17, 2021
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Performing ArtsMusical revived with a fresh perspective
The two-man musical “The Story of My Life” is hitting the stage in Tokyo for the first time in two y...
December 17, 2021