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ArtA treasure trove of candy tins
Sweets are even more appealing when they come in cute, colorful tins, which can also serve as stylis...
November 28, 2021
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Kabuki / Noh / RakugoAuspicious signs displayed in Kyoto ahead of annual kabuki play
The names of kabuki performers were displayed on signs Thursday ahead of the annual kabuki play “Kic...
November 27, 2021
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CompaniesNew device can instantly tell whether bullet train seats are wet
Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) has developed a cleaning device that can immediately tell wheth...
November 27, 2021
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ReutersNew COVID variant Omicron triggers global alarm, market sell-off
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) — The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered glo...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentTokyo governor Koike denies rumor of serious illness
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who was recently hospitalized due to extreme fatig...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentKishida calls for pay hike of over 3%
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed hope Friday that companies will...
November 27, 2021
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Defense & SecurityExtra budget bill includes ¥774 billion for defense spending
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The fiscal 2021 supplementary budget bill the government adopted Friday include...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentJapan political parties’ spending down 18% in 2020
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Total expenditures by political parties in Japan in 2020 fell 18.4% from the pr...
November 27, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Determine what factors led to stabbing murder at junior high
A third-year boy at a municipal junior high school in the city of Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, fatally ...
November 27, 2021
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Reuters
Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) — Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Bri...
November 27, 2021
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Politics & Government
Japan to tighten border controls on 3 more countries
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government said Saturday that it will tighten border controls for ...
November 27, 2021
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Coronavirus
Tokyo records 16 new COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo confirmed 16 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, unchanged from a week before...
November 27, 2021
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SumoTerunofuji fends off inspired Abi to clinch Kyushu title
Yokozuna Terunofuji clinched his second straight title and sixth overall by fighting off an inspired...
November 27, 2021
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CompaniesAxe falls on Mizuho execs after spate of system glitches
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. President Tatsufumi Sakai and Koji Fujiwara, the president of its bankin...
November 27, 2021
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Books & LiteratureHiroshima bomb story by Akira Kurosawa’s screenwriter published in English
OSAKA — A Japanese novel centered on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was published this autumn in En...
November 27, 2021