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CoronavirusDaily coronavirus tally tops 50,000 nationwide; Tokyo logs over 11,000 cases
More than 50,000 new coronavirus cases were confirmed across Japan on Saturday, according to a Yomiu...
January 22, 2022
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Political SeriesThink about measures to raise youth voter turnout
The year 2022 is expected to continue to pose challenges for Japan on issues including the pandemic,...
January 22, 2022
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Japan In FocusKagoshima: Islanders adapt traditional drinking ceremony to avoid cluster infections
YORON, Kagoshima — A ceremonial custom unique to parties on Yoron Island is for everyone to share th...
January 22, 2022
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Japan In FocusHyogo: Spectacular view obscured by military secrets
SUMOTO, Hyogo — Almost no one knows of the magnificent view on Awaji Island that is comparable to Am...
January 22, 2022
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CoronavirusChain operators suspend operations amid COVID-19 restrictions
Several izakaya pub chain operators are suspending operations at outlets in areas subject to the gov...
January 22, 2022
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Defense & Security
Kishida faces uphill battle to achieve goal of nuclear disarmament
The Japanese and U.S. governments have issued a joint statement on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tre...
January 22, 2022
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CoronavirusJapan’s public health centers buckling as coronavirus infections skyrocket
The unprecedented speed of the spread of the novel coronavirus is severely straining operations at p...
January 22, 2022
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Global
Japan can serve as bridge between nuclear, non-nuclear powers
Minoru Terada, a special adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, spoke to The Yomiuri Shimbun about...
January 22, 2022
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CoronavirusUnsubmitted vaccine cards may delay booster shots in Japan
Some people who were vaccinated at workplaces and universities during vaccination drives that starte...
January 22, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Disappointment is the price paid as Brexit marks its 1st anniversary
One year has passed since Britain completed its withdrawal from the European Union. The British peop...
January 22, 2022
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EconomySearch for natural gas to begin off Japan’s Shimane, Yamaguchi Prefs in March
Inpex Corp. and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC) will begin searching to pinpoint t...
January 22, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Help former prisoners fully rejoin society to cut rates of recidivism
People reoffending after being released from prison is an ongoing problem. The central and local gov...
January 22, 2022
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Japan In FocusNagasaki students pass on A-bomb victim’s story, wish to abolish nuclear weapons
NAGASAKI — For decades after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Nobuko Oka kept silent, traumatized by ...
January 22, 2022
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General News
37% of Japanese say ties with S. Korea unimportant: survey
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Around 37% of people in Japan do not think that the country’s future relationsh...
January 22, 2022
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CompaniesTiger releases 1st bottle that keeps carbonated drinks fizzy
Tiger Corp., a leading domestic maker of thermos bottles and rice cookers, has become the first Japa...
January 22, 2022