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EconomyHow far Britain Accepts TPP Rules will be Touchstone for Future Participants
With Britain’s application to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 11-nation trade agreement has ...
February 1, 2021
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Other SportsOsaka Women’s Marathon Conducted in Circular Course
The annual Osaka Women’s Marathon was held in an unusual environment on Sunday under a state of emer...
February 1, 2021
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EconomyInterns Reinvigorate Local Businesses with Innovative Ideas
CHIBA — At an office in Onjuku, Chiba Prefecture, five young people gathered looking at the final pr...
February 1, 2021
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General NewsRise in Video Game Addictions Feared in Japan
OSAKA — Concerns over more people, especially children, becoming addicted to playing video games are...
February 1, 2021
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DeliciousStudent Hopes ‘ray Burger’ Can Solve Two Problems with One Fish
MATSUE — Red stingrays have been troubling the fishing community of Lake Shinji and Nakaumi in Shima...
February 1, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialLong-term Support Needed for Cancer Patients’ Fertility Treatment
It is good news for young cancer patients, as the high cost burden has been a barrier. A system must...
February 1, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Revamps Takeshima Website
The Cabinet Secretariat updated its government website dedicated to the Takeshima islands on Friday,...
February 1, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialMonitor Correspondence High Schools to Ensure Quality Education Standards
The number of correspondence high schools where students can study at their own pace is increasing, ...
February 1, 2021
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Asia-PacificJapan Wary of Possible Escalation by China under New Maritime Law
China’s maritime police law, which allows its coast guard vessels to use weapons if the country’s so...
January 31, 2021
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CoronavirusLifestyle Changes Allow People to Leave Tokyo
The recent government report showing an increase in the number of people leaving Tokyo apparently re...
January 31, 2021
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General NewsTokyo Residents Breathe new Life into Old Public Bathhouse
Kaisaiyu is not your typical bathhouse. Built in the Shitaya district of Taito Ward, Tokyo, in 1928,...
January 31, 2021
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Asia-PacificIndonesia Plans Seaborne LNG Power Plants with Japanese Help
JAKARTA — The government of Indonesia, a country comprising the world’s largest number of islands, w...
January 31, 2021
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Wider WorldCentral, South American Countries Embracing Russia’s Coronavirus Vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO — The Russian novel coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V is increasingly the go-to choice fo...
January 31, 2021
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General NewsMistake in Google Groups Privacy Setting Leaves Medical Records in Japan’s Hospitals Open to Public
The medical records of patients at a number of medical and nursing-care facilities were made accessi...
January 31, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Japan should Keep Paper Textbooks, Use Digital Materials as Supplements
Throughout their long history, human beings have shaped their character by writing on paper and read...
January 31, 2021