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ObituariesJakucho Setouchi lived with love, encouraged people
Jakucho Setouchi, who died on Tuesday at age 99, loved and lived with passion just like the women sh...
November 12, 2021
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Film & TVSuperhero squad reunites in new film ‘Ten Gokaiger’
The other day I watched a preview of the film “Ten Gokaiger,” a sequel to the Super Sentai series to...
November 12, 2021
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Asia-PacificTense Japan-China relations: Strategic diplomacy needed to deal with Beijing
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic ties next year, the Jap...
November 12, 2021
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Outside ContributorsAfghanistan remains geopolitically vital
“Feng sheng he li” in Chinese, or “fusei kakurei” in Japanese, is a classic Chinese idiom that liter...
November 11, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Can tax reform lead to realizing Kishida’s wealth-distribution goal?
Can tax reform serve as a foothold toward realizing the “virtuous cycle of growth and distribution” ...
November 11, 2021
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Associated PressSouth Africa’s last apartheid president F. W. de Klerk dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South...
November 11, 2021
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Associated PressChinese leaders issue official history to elevate Xi
BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders have approved a resolution on the history of the ruling Communist Par...
November 11, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentSwift agreement on benefit package achieved through compromise
The Liberal Democratic Party and junior coalition partner Komeito have reached a compromise on a ben...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Ethiopia rounds up high-profile Tigrayans, U.N. staff
NAIROBI (Reuters) — Ethiopian authorities have rounded up high-profile Tigrayans — from a bank CEO t...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
U.S. and allies would ‘take action’ if Taiwan attacked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States and its allies would take unspecified “action” if China wer...
November 11, 2021
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ObituariesJapanese writer Jakucho Setouchi dies at 99
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese writer and Buddhist nun Jakucho Setouchi, whose wide-ranging works inc...
November 11, 2021
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CoronavirusSDF hospital: Stress over vaccination seen as main cause of side effects
Anxiety over the vaccination itself is believed to be the cause of the vast majority of side effects...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Sony cuts PlayStation 5 production outlook due to component snag
Sony Group Corp has reduced its PlayStation 5 production outlook for this fiscal year due to compone...
November 11, 2021
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General NewsMie doctor depicts beauty of Ethiopia in art
A girl carrying a large water container on her back, a boy chasing a herd of cattle, a family dresse...
November 11, 2021
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Reuters
Evergrande faces default deadline on $148 mln payment, some bondholders paid
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) — Cash-strapped China Evergrande Group, facing a deadline for coupon pa...
November 11, 2021