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Olympics & ParalympicsHow Kawabuchi stepped back from Tokyo Games post
Saburo Kawabuchi, who recently appeared set to take the helm of the Tokyo Games organizing committee...
February 13, 2021
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General NewsIn These Fukushima Schools, Time Stopped after 2011 Disaster
FUKUSHIMA — In a difficult-to-return area of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, where the Fukushima No. 1 ...
February 13, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialMori’s Decision to Step Down as Tokyo Games Chief Came Too Late
Yoshiro Mori bears a heavy responsibility for damaging Japan’s image by making inappropriate remarks...
February 13, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
COVID-19 Vaccinations: Avoid Confusion Through Close Cooperation
The start of COVID-19 vaccinations will be a major step toward the containment of the novel coronavi...
February 13, 2021
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Travel SpotsHyogo: Floating Rock Becomes Spiritual Power Spot
TAKASAGO, Hyogo — At the Oshiko Shrine in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, there is a megalith of mysteri...
February 12, 2021
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General NewsKumamoto: Castle Regains Pre-disaster Appearance in Show of Recovery from Earthquake
KUMAMOTO — The towers of Kumamoto Castle have been restored to their majestic pre-disaster appearanc...
February 12, 2021
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Japan In FocusKumamoto: New Bridge Symbolizes Restoration
The Yomiuri ShimbunThe Shin Aso Ohashi bridge in Minami-Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, is scheduled to be...
February 12, 2021
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Politics & Government
Japan’s Hayashi meets with 5 more foreign ministers
LIVERPOOL, England (Jiji Press) — Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi on Saturday met with h...
February 12, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
New Legislation to Regulate Tech Giants Should Be Used to Realize Fair Business
A new law has come into effect to urge tech giants that provide e-commerce and other services to mak...
February 12, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Protect The Elderly by thorough Testing to Prevent Clusters at Nursing Homes
The number of novel coronavirus clusters is surging at facilities for the elderly. The central and l...
February 12, 2021
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General NewsKenzaburo Oe Entrusts Manuscripts with University of Tokyo
Novelist and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe, 86, has entrusted more than 10,000 pages of his manu...
February 12, 2021
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Olympics & ParalympicsSports World Braces Amid Reports of Mori’s Resignation
Sports officials preparing for the Tokyo Games were rattled as reports circulated of Yoshiro Mori’s ...
February 12, 2021
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Film & TV4th Hallyu Wave Washes over Japan’s Fashion, Cosmetics
Despite some lingering diplomatic animosity between Japan and South Korea, last year saw South Korea...
February 12, 2021
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CoronavirusHealth Ministry Embarrassed over Bumbling Fix of Tracer App
A major flaw that went unnoticed in the government’s novel coronavirus contact-tracing app for about...
February 11, 2021
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General NewsWant to Quantify the Feeling of Shame? What’s the ‘Logic’?
Surely everyone knows what it’s like to feel shame — that acute warm flush that tingles under the sk...
February 11, 2021