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General NewsOld family home gets new life as retreat
Sitting on the outside deck of the traditional Japanese house amid a silence broken only by the soft...
April 25, 2021
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Yomiuri EditorialTruly effective measures needed to reform corporate governance
To reform corporate governance and thereby improve the quality of management, it is not enough to se...
April 25, 2021
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CompaniesMuji switches to aluminum packaging for line of drinks
Household goods retailer Muji’s line of drinks is being packaged in aluminum, which is more recyclab...
April 25, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentEmergency-level measures to be expanded to cover 36 municipalities in Japan
The three prefectures of Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama have decided to expand the areas covered by eme...
April 25, 2021
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Business Series
NTT, Fujitsu to develop next-generation network together
NTT Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. plan to form a business alliance to develop 6G communications network inf...
April 25, 2021
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Vantage PointIndian-born politician drives for unity in diversity of Tokyo ward
The first thing that came to Yogi’s mind, when asked about his initial impression of Japan upon arri...
April 25, 2021
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Other SportsAthletes remain at mercy of pandemic
With the countdown to the July 23 opening of the Tokyo Olympics at three months, the qualification p...
April 25, 2021
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Japan In FocusHyogo: Injured stork struts once again thanks to a bespoke prosthetic leg
TOYOOKA, Hyogo — A stork that lost half of its left leg will soon get a fitting prosthetic leg, at t...
April 24, 2021
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Japan In FocusShiga: Bridge on Lake Biwa becomes cycling hot spot
OTSU — Cyclists have been turning their handlebars toward the Biwako Ohashi bridge, which spans a na...
April 24, 2021
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Olympics & Paralympics‘Games even more significant due to pandemic’
The Yomiuri ShimbunAya Terakawa, an Olympic bronze medalist in the backstroke, rans by the Tower of ...
April 24, 2021
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CompaniesHonda aims to phase out gas cars by 2040
Honda Motor Co. has set a goal to have all of its unit sales worldwide be either electric vehicles o...
April 24, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Show concrete measures to abate ‘4th wave’ during state of emergency
The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] These preventive measures use the powerful “drug...
April 24, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Map out specific steps to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets
It is a welcoming move that world leaders have shared an understanding of the threat of climate chan...
April 24, 2021
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Asia-PacificChina’s squeeze on Muslims extending to Hainan
SANYA, China – As China’s government steps up its assimilation policy targeting the Uighur ethnic mi...
April 24, 2021
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Politics & GovernmentSuga’s new emissions target not just about climate change
Under pressure to keep up with other nations in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Yoshihide ...
April 23, 2021