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Defense & SecurityKishida to join NPT Review Conference virtually
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has mapped out a policy not to attend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Tre...
December 27, 2021
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General News‘Rescued’ veggies sold at train stations reducing food waste
As part of efforts to “rescue” food from going to waste, some railway companies have started selling...
December 27, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialJapan-related news picks show power of sports amid pandemic stagnation
Amid the sense of stagnation in society due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the achievements of athletes a...
December 27, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialStop exported surveillance tech from being used in human rights abuses
Authoritarian countries use digital technologies, such as facial recognition tools, to suppress and ...
December 27, 2021
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CompaniesLand-based fish farming to be covered by insurance
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. plans to sell an insurance policy for operators of land-ba...
December 27, 2021
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General NewsStreaming operators improve subtitles to enhance viewing for hearing impaired, elderly
Streaming services have increasingly added more detailed Japanese subtitles to movies, shows and oth...
December 27, 2021
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Crime & CourtsManufacturer calls for probe after indictment withdrawn
A company president, who had been indicted along with two others for allegedly exporting machines th...
December 27, 2021
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Associated PressHanyu nearly lands quad axel while winning Japanese title
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while...
December 27, 2021
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Associated PressDesmond Tutu, South Africa’s moral conscience, dies at 90
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising f...
December 27, 2021
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Asia-PacificSri Lankan miner of school textbook fame dies of COVID-19, mourned across Japan
NEW DELHI — A man dubbed “the best-known Sri Lankan in Japan” has died from COVID-19 in his native c...
December 26, 2021
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General NewsYomiuri survey finds 69 children sexually abused at residential care facilities
At least 47 staff members committed indecent acts against 69 current or former residents of faciliti...
December 26, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialRussia’s mistaken sense of national greatness only heightens threat
Does Russian President Vladimir Putin still adhere to the Soviet-era philosophy of expanding his nat...
December 26, 2021
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Defense & SecurityJapan, U.S. to collaborate on countermeasures against ransomware
Japan and the United States are preparing to closely cooperate on defensive measures against ransomw...
December 26, 2021
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CompaniesMitsubishi UFJ to make ¥300 bil. growth investment
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. plans to make new investments of ¥200 billi...
December 26, 2021
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General NewsSwine fever outbreak confirmed at farm in Miyagi Pref.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — An outbreak of classical swine fever has been confirmed at a pig farm in the to...
December 26, 2021