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General NewsReporter Given Access to Organ Harvest Surgery; Medical Team Works with Respect for Donor’s Wishes
Last year, I was given access to a hospital where an organ donation surgery was about to take pla...
February 22, 2025
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General NewsOver 60% of Transplant-Related Surgeries in Japan Concentrated on Weekends, Holidays; Weekdays Booked Up With Other Types of Surgeries
More than 60% of the surgeries to remove organs from donors who were declared brain dead were con...
February 22, 2025
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General NewsBookstore Revitalization Drawing More Attention;Yomiuri-Kodansha Proposal Spurs Fresh Interest
After The Yomiuri Shimbun and Kodansha Ltd. made public their joint proposal for revitalizing boo...
February 21, 2025
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Outside ContributorsFrench FM Jean-Noel Barrot Says No Such Thing as Global South; G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Ongoing in South Africa
The Group of 20 foreign ministers’ meeting is being held in South Africa from Feb. 20-21. On this...
February 21, 2025
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General NewsTrillions of Yen May Be Flowing to Illegal International Sports Betting
Online sports betting has spread across the globe in recent years. As the phenomenon has grown, J...
February 21, 2025
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General NewsHokkaido Cave Offers Hardy Travelers View of Glistening Ice Columns
Columns of ice glisten in Hyakujojiki cave in Date, Hokkaido. The columns are formed by water tha...
February 21, 2025
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Yomiuri EditorialTighter Regulations on Nonlife Insurers: Return to the Basics of Client-Oriented Business
Misconduct has emerged among major nonlife insurance companies largely because competition has be...
February 21, 2025
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Yomiuri Editorial
Intl Criminal Organization: Young Japanese People Were among Those Targeted
An international criminal organization based in Myanmar repeatedly lured young people and others ...
February 21, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentYoshimasa Hayashi Affirms Zelenskyy’s Legitimacy amid Trump’s Dictatorship Claims
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi at a press conference on Thursday expressed his recogni...
February 21, 2025
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General NewsTokyo Symposium Discusses Value of Learning from Print Materials, Libraries in Age of Generative AI
The value of continuing to learn from print textbooks in the digital age was discussed at a sympo...
February 21, 2025
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Politics & GovernmentGovt to Support Revitalizing Local Bookstores; Ministers See Them as Key to National Culture, Regional Revitalization
Japan’s government plans to focus attention on efforts to revitalize brick-and-mortar bookstores,...
February 21, 2025
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SoccerMina Tanaka Scores Twice, Japan Beats Australia 4-0 in Shebelieves Cup Opener
HOUSTON (AP) — Mina Tanaka scored a pair of first-half goals and assisted on a second-half goal a...
February 21, 2025
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General NewsAbout 225 Hectares Burned Due to Forest Fire in Iwate Pref.; 157 Residents From 62 Households Ordered to Evacuate
About 225 hectares have burned as of 7 a.m. on Friday as a result of a forest fire in Ofunato, Iw...
February 21, 2025
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Associated PressSAG Awards Presenters Will Include Grande, Chalamet, Erivo and Yeoh
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ariana Grande, Timothée Chalamet, Selena Gomez, Mikey Madison and other stars ...
February 21, 2025
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (February 21)
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February 21, 2025