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Yomiuri EditorialMany issues must be examined before full adoption of digital textbooks
Many local governments are concerned about using digital textbooks. Some researchers have voiced war...
February 25, 2021
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TroubleshooterI want to get away from my uncaring, cold-hearted husband
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a homemaker in my 50s with a husband who now works part-time after reachin...
February 25, 2021
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Olympics & ParalympicsSports Get into High Gear in Race Against Time for Olympic Qualifying
Having passed the 150-days-to-go mark until the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics on July 23, t...
February 24, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
As Demography Drains Local Govts’ Labor Pool, Prepare for AI to Step in
Due to the declining population, it is inevitable that many local governments will become short of s...
February 24, 2021
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Outside ContributorsPublic, private sectors should collaborate to help ‘ice-age generation’
Assistance programs to help people in the so-called employment ice-age generation become regular wor...
February 24, 2021
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Yomiuri Editorial
Help Public Understand the Need for Registration of Unclaimed Land
Is it possible to put a brake on the increase in the number of land plots that lie unclaimed? To rea...
February 24, 2021
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ScienceOne of oldest mammal fossils ever found in Japan discovered
FUKUI — One of the oldest mammal fossils ever found in Japan, dating back to the Early Cretaceous pe...
February 24, 2021
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General NewsHeroic doctor works to preserve lessons from Tohoku disaster
SENDAI — Takeshi Kanno, a 41-year-old gastroenterologist at the Tohoku University Hospital in Sendai...
February 24, 2021
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CoronavirusMedical Workers, Nursing Home Staff Put Hopes on COVID-19 Vaccines
The first doses of a vaccination against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, were...
February 24, 2021
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Performing ArtsBunraku: Portraying Classic Tale of Human Folly
Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s classic “Meido no Hikyaku” (The Courier for Hell) was staged at the National ...
February 23, 2021
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Asia-PacificFrance Ups Involvement in Indo-Pacific Security as Frigate Calls at Nagasaki
PARIS — The French government is deepening its involvement in Indo-Pacific security....
February 23, 2021
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DeliciousPopularity of Gourmet Butter Spreads
Unique craft butter produced in limited quantities by local farms is attracting attention. Gourmet b...
February 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusTochigi: Nasu Zoo Claims 3rd Straight Capybara long Bath Title
NASU, Tochigi — A one-year-old male capybara from the Nasu Animal Kingdom zoo in Nasu, Tochigi Prefe...
February 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusAkita: Students Host Radio Show for Local Community
ODATE, Akita — Junior high school students in Odate, Akita Prefecture who launched a weekly radio pr...
February 23, 2021
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Japan In FocusTokyo: Unique Library Offers Glimpse at Lives of Others
Quite a unique library can be found in one of the art galleries scattered across a residential area ...
February 23, 2021