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General NewsSkyrocketing Rice Prices to Cause Sake Rice Prices to Rise as Increasing Growers Shift to Table Rice Production
TOYAMA — The skyrocketing prices of rice as a staple food is also impacting sake production.
...May 21, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialTelephone Talks between U.S., Russian Leaders: Diplomacy Based on Making Deals Cannot Break the Deadlock
U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomacy of mediation through a deal between the major powers has ...
May 21, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Soaring Rice Prices: Shift to Agricultural Policy Based on Consumers’ Perspective
The problematic remarks by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Taku Eto regarding rice, ...
May 21, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (May 21)
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May 21, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Proposes Mutual Recognition of Auto Safety Standards to U.S.; Aims to Address ‘Non-Tariff’ Barrier in Talks
The government has proposed to the United States the creation of a framework of mutual recognitio...
May 21, 2025
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeWajima Lacquerware Meets with Warm Reception at Milan Design Week, as Officials Plan to Grow Overseas Sales of Craft
Officials from Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in April paid a visit to Milan Design Week, where the...
May 21, 2025
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Travel SpotsJapan Tourism / Enjoy Ridgeline Walk to 4 Peaks in Kanagawa Pref. Mountain Park; Scenic Views along Hikes Where Famous Monk Once Trained
HADANO, Kanagawa — “I want to enjoy a ridge walk!”
That is what I was thinking when I hea...
May 21, 2025
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Crime & CourtsFemale Student Allegedly Injures 3 Students with Knife at Correspondence High School in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Pref.; Arrested on Suspicion of Attempted Murder
HIROSHIMA - A female student allegedly injured three other female students with a knife at a corr...
May 21, 2025
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General NewsFormer Army Pilot Hopes for World Without War; ‘War Produces Nothing But Victims’
During the Pacific War, Reiji Kitajima was sent to Manila and other battlefronts in the south as ...
May 21, 2025
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ReutersEpic Games’ Fortnite Returns to Apple App Store in US after Nearly 5 Years
May 20 (Reuters) - Epic Games' wildly popular multiplayer shooter game "Fortnite" is available ag...
May 21, 2025
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ReutersMoody’s Downgrade Ripples through Bond Market, Causes Worries for Stocks
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Moody's U.S. debt downgrade is raising concerns that investors could...
May 21, 2025
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ReutersTrump’s Approval Rating Ticks Lower, Economic Concerns Weigh, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating ticked slightly lower thi...
May 21, 2025
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Associated PressSurvivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse Turn up Calls for Reforms from New Pope’s American Hometown
CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-toleran...
May 21, 2025
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ScienceChicago Fossil Yields Insights on Famed Early Bird Archaeopteryx
Anew analysis of a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in the collection of the Field Museum in Chi...
May 21, 2025
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ScienceLoss of Certain Immune-regulating Protein Eases Alzheimer’s Disease
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The loss of a certain immune-regulating protein in the brain leads to a decr...
May 21, 2025