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General NewsPhoto contest winners vividly capture everyday charms of ‘Tohoku’s capital’
The winning entries have been announced for the Sendai Photoroll in Chushinbu Shotengai photo contes...
March 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusTokyo: Signboards show sales culture from olden days
The Showa Neon Takamura Kamban Museum has kept its lineup of antique kamban signboards arranged the ...
March 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusParents left in lurch as adoption agency abruptly closes
The sudden closure of a long-established adoption agency has perplexed parents who adopted children ...
March 23, 2021
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BaseballNo extra innings this season in Japanese pro baseball
The 12 professional baseball teams decided Monday to end regular season games this year, which opens...
March 23, 2021
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General News3/11 Family Chronicle 1 / ‘Strongest dad’ keeps smiling until son leaves the nest
Three months after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Yomiuri Shimbun reporters were each assigne...
March 23, 2021
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General News3/11 Family Chronicle 4 / Moving forward in disaster-hit city in Northern Japan
On March 9, Naoko Ono received an unexpected letter from her son Ryoma, who had just graduated from ...
March 23, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
LDP needs to address domestic, global issues with humble attitude
The most important task is to restore the vitality of the nation by paving the way for bringing the ...
March 23, 2021
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General NewsCan cats form memories, use deductive reasoning?
An interest in pets has been on the rise as people tend to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Strategically negotiate with Russia based on original point of northern territories issue
Russia has been acting insincerely in a series of responses as if it were denying past negotiations....
March 22, 2021
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General NewsQuake off Miyagi Prefecture was same kind as 2011 disaster
The March 20 earthquake that originated off Miyagi Prefecture occurred at the border of two tectonic...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Line’s data access case exposes possible risks of outsourcing overseas
Grave doubt has been cast on the data management of an information infrastructure used by 86 million...
March 22, 2021
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General News3/11 Family Chronicle 2 / Agonizing losses rarely discussed by survivors
“The time I spent together with my younger sister is nearing the same amount of time that has passed...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Excluding overseas spectators part of Japan’s duty to ensure safe Games
A great deal will be lost, but in order to realize a safe event, the decision can be said to have be...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Former Justice Minister Kawai’s resignation should have come sooner
His announcement that he will resign as a Diet member, after all this time, can be said to have come...
March 22, 2021
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General News3/11 Family Chronicle 3 / Family feels alienated after 10 years of living as evacuees
Stores and houses are scattered around vacant lots of land with withered grass. On Feb. 25, I visit...
March 22, 2021