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SumoTerunofuji off to good start as lone yokozuna
Terunofuji got off to a good start on Sunday as the lone yokozuna at the first tournament since sumo...
November 14, 2021
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 22 new coronavirus Cases Share
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 22 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Sunday, up by on...
November 14, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentFamilies renew resolve to realize abductees’ return from North Korea
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea decades ago on Sat...
November 14, 2021
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General NewsGo To Travel campaign expected to resume as early as mid-January
The government is making arrangements to resume as early as mid-January the Go To Travel campaign, a...
November 14, 2021
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Imperial Family
Former princess Mako Komuro leaves for N.Y.
Mako Komuro, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, departed for New York on Sunday with her ...
November 14, 2021
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Associated PressUno shines on home ice at NHK Trophy
TOKYO (AP) — Shoma Uno landed four quadruple jumps on Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and bolster his...
November 14, 2021
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ReutersCOP26 agrees deal aimed at averting climate catastrophe
GLASGOW (Reuters) — U.N. climate talks in Scotland ended with a global agreement aimed at keeping al...
November 14, 2021
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Asia-PacificChina intensifies information warfare in bid to join TPP
SHANGHAI/BEIJING — China is intensifying its “information war” in a bid to join the Trans-Pacific Pa...
November 13, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentNew secretary general of Japan’s ruling LDP shows willingness to revise Constitution
Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, said in an interview wi...
November 13, 2021
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General NewsTokyo’s Akasaka Palace shines light on violence against women at start of Purple Light Up campaign
The white walls of the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo’s Minato Ward are lit up in purple on Friday, for a t...
November 13, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Prepare strengthened measures in case of 6th wave of infections
The central and prefectural governments must be prepared to respond flexibly to an outbreak of a cor...
November 13, 2021
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ReutersJapan, U.S. set to open talks on steel, aluminum tariffs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said Friday it will open talks with Japan that could lead t...
November 13, 2021
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Asia-Pacific
Japan, China, S. Korea summit ‘canceled’ again
The Yomiuri Shimbun [postdate] A trilateral summit between Japan, China and South Korea is unlikely ...
November 13, 2021
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Asia-PacificJapan seeks to host 2nd Quad meeting
Japan has reached out to its fellow Quad members — the United States, Australia and India — about po...
November 13, 2021
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General NewsFujii wins Ryuo shogi title, sets record, after defeating Toyoshima
Teenage shogi sensation Sota Fujii defeated Ryuo titleholder Masayuki Toyoshima in the fourth match ...
November 13, 2021