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DeliciousMore summer wines amid drinking at home boom
Suntory Wine International Ltd. will release a sour lemon sparkling wine on Tuesday, part of its exp...
June 21, 2021
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CoronavirusLiquor flying off shelves where state of emergency lifted
Many liquor shops in Tokyo, Osaka and other prefectures were seeing an uptick in sales ahead of the ...
June 21, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialExercise greater ingenuity to expand use of digital methods to pay taxes
The central and local governments have accelerated their efforts to make tax payments cashless. Meas...
June 21, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Failure to intervene in Myanmar same as giving tacit consent to junta’s rule
The Myanmar junta that took power in a coup is continuing to make its rule an established fact. Fail...
June 21, 2021
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EconomyAutomakers aim to boost lithium-ion battery productions
Leading automakers are ramping up efforts to overcome one of the biggest current roadblocks to the f...
June 21, 2021
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EconomyJapan’s shipping industry reenters ammonia transport market, eyes its potential as marine fuel
Ammonia is expected to become a next-generation fuel that will be a boon for the global trend of dec...
June 21, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Lower house speaker: 2-power bloc politics preferable to 2-party system
This year marks 25 years since the introduction of the system of combining single-seat constituencie...
June 21, 2021
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CompaniesMizuho FG’s management responsibility in question over system failures
The Financial Services Agency aims to issue a business improvement order to Mizuho Financial Group, ...
June 21, 2021
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General NewsFormer Tokyo cinema town opens 1st movie theater in 50 years
A local movie theater in Ome, Tokyo, the city’s first in 50 years, opened its doors on June 4 after ...
June 21, 2021
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Olympics & ParalympicsOlympic torch relay nears end of tough road in Japan
The Olympic torch relay continues along its difficult road, recently entering its 40th prefecture — ...
June 20, 2021
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General NewsTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya train riders face fee to help pay for accessibility at stations
Riding the train is likely to cost a little bit more in the near future as the transport ministry is...
June 20, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentAkiba tapped as Japan’s next national security chief
The government plans to retire Shigeru Kitamura, secretary general of the National Security Secretar...
June 20, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Fed must tread carefully in exploring ways to scale down monetary easing
A hike to interest rates and a paring of quantitative easing by the U.S. central bank will have a si...
June 20, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Strive to create society in which men, women raise children together
The Child-rearing and Nursing Care Leave Law was revised in the recent ordinary Diet session to make...
June 20, 2021
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ElectionsSuga maneuvers to have LDP race held after lower house election
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is moving to create a scenario in which he dissolves the House of Repr...
June 20, 2021