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BaseballOrioles Sign Veteran RHP Tomoyuki Sugano to a 1-Year Contract after His MVP Season in Japan
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles agreed to a one-year contract with Japanese star Tomoyuki ...
December 17, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapan to Actively Recruit Nursing Care Staff from Overseas; Government Plans to Subsidize Costs of Finding Workers
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will actively promote the recruitment of nursing care staf...
December 17, 2024
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General NewsDigital Media Subscription Service for Corporations to Be Launched Next Spring
The Yomiuri Shimbun and U.S. media company Dow Jones & Co. plan to launch a digital media service...
December 17, 2024
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Defense & SecurityCoast Guards to Conduct 1st Drill in Tokyo Bay; Japan, U.S., Philippines to Conduct Drills off Kagoshima
The coast guards of Japan, the United States, Australia and India are to conduct their first four...
December 17, 2024
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Japan In FocusTokyo Steak House Serves Aged Meat Loved by International Wrestlers; Superstar Wrestlers Adorn Walls in Meguro Restaurant
The Meguro branch of the highly rated Ribera Steak House restaurant is popular not only among mea...
December 16, 2024
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Noto Peninsula EarthquakeHarsh Life as Evacuees Led to Deaths After Noto Quake; ‘Disaster-Related’ Fatalities Outnumber Those from Direct Harm
KANAZAWA — A total of 241 people had been recognized as of Sunday as disaster-related deaths in I...
December 16, 2024
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CompaniesMUFG Bank Head Apologizes for Safe Deposit Thefts by Ex-Employee
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — MUFG Bank President Junichi Hanzawa on Monday apologized for thefts by a the...
December 16, 2024
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Yomiuri EditorialGender Wage Gap: Expedite Efforts to Improve Treatment of Non-regular Employees
There has been an increase in the number of working women, but many challenges also remain, such ...
December 16, 2024
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Yomiuri Editorial
Struggles of Germany’s Volkswagen: Miscalculation of EV Strategy a Serious Lesson for Japanese Makers
How should carmakers develop their strategies for the transition to electric vehicles?
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Decommissioning FukushimaFukushima N-plant Decommissioning Work Enters New Stage; Challenge of Removing Debris Plain to See
I visited Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for th...
December 16, 2024
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ObituariesPioneering Japanese Art-House Animation Creator Yoji Kuri Dies at 96; Artist Instrumental in Forming Japan Animation Association
Yoji Kuri, a pioneering creator of artistic animated films, has died aged 96, his website announc...
December 16, 2024
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Politics & GovernmentJapanese Prime Minister’s Cabinet Approval Rating Falls to 39％; Yomiuri Poll Shows 66％ Approval for Deal to Raise ¥1.03 Mil. Barrier
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet approval rating fell 4 points to 39%, according to the la...
December 16, 2024
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CompaniesMUFG Bank Ordered to Report on Safe Deposit Box Thefts
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s Financial Services Agency has ordered MUFG Bank to submit a report o...
December 16, 2024
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Travel SpotsHuge Snake in Park; Artwork Seems to Slither at Hitachi Seaside Park, Ibaraki Pref.
HITACHI-NAKA, Ibaraki — A work of art in the shape of a giant snake has appeared on the grounds o...
December 16, 2024
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General NewsResearch Institute Ranks Tokyo 3rd Among Major Cities; Attractiveness as Tourist Destination Highly Praised
The Mori Memorial Foundation’s Institute for Urban Strategies has ranked Tokyo third among 48 maj...
December 16, 2024