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General NewsTokyo Workshops Aim to Send Their Bobsleigh to Winter Olympics, Where They Can Show Their Machining Skills to the World
With just under a year to go until the Winter Olympics in Italy, athletes are working to secure t...
March 1, 2025
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Europe3 Years Of Aggression Against Ukraine: Ukrainians Forced to Join Russian Army Labelled Traitors, Tried for War Crimes
KYIV — Residents from Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine are among the soldiers in the Russian army...
March 1, 2025
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MarketsYomiuri 333 Stock Composition Details, Starting Date for Index Publication to Be Announced March 3
The Yomiuri Shimbun announced Thursday it would publish details of the Yomiuri Stock Index (Yomiu...
February 28, 2025
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ScienceThis Year’s Fitness Buzzword Is ‘Recovery’
If you ever turned on the TV in the 2000s after midnight, you might have seen an informercial for...
February 28, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialUnsworn Witness from Ex-Abe Faction: Work toward Settling Political Funds Issue
Diet members who belonged to the former Abe faction of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party had co...
February 28, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Record-low Births: Address Low Rate from Comprehensive Perspective
How should a society be created in which many young people want to have children? Measures to mai...
February 28, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 28)
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February 28, 2025
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Japan In FocusHanging Doll Decorations Displayed at Festival in Gifu Prefecture; Local Craft Circle, Community Donate Time, Dolls
Handcrafted tsurushi bina hanging doll decorations are on display at a festival held at Nakanoshi...
February 28, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentJapan Cabinet OK’s Bill on AI Risk Management, Innovation; Govt, Ruling Parties Aim to Pass Bill in Current Diet Session
The government approved a bill at a Cabinet meeting on Friday that aims to balance the risks invo...
February 28, 2025
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General NewsFuji Media Holdings Exec Hisashi Hieda Resigns from Committee as Broadcast Revenue Plummets
Hisashi Hieda, the executive managing adviser of Fuji Media Holdings, Inc., has resigned as an in...
February 28, 2025
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Other SportsKasai Twins Finish 1-3 in World Nordic Combined
TRONDHEIM, Norway — Yuna Kasai won the gold to lead a Japanese 1-3 finish with twin sister Haruka...
February 28, 2025
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General News164 Serious Accidents involving Motorists, Cyclists on Smartphones in 2024
A record 164 deaths and serious injuries were caused last year by people distracted by smartphone...
February 28, 2025
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EconomyTokyo Core Consumer Prices Up 2.2％ in Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The core consumer price index for Tokyo’s densely populated 23 special wards...
February 28, 2025
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General NewsWildfire in Iwate Prefecture in Japan Burns About 1,200 Hectares; More than 3,000 Forced to Evacuate Due to Fire Spreading (Update 1)
OFUNATO, Iwate — Firefighting efforts continued in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, as the forest fire ...
February 28, 2025
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Associated PressSouth Korean Police Summon Japanese Woman for Kissing BTS Member without Consent
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police said Friday they are summoning a Japanese woman for...
February 28, 2025