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Survey: Childcare applications down in 70% of high-demand municipalities
Applications for childcare services fell in 70% of the highest-demand municipalities in the new scho...
April 2, 2021
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Unreasonable’ school rules being reviewed in Japan
OSAKA — The Osaka District Court handed down a ruling in February saying it was not illegal for a hi...
March 27, 2021
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NHK needs more clarity in production costs
NHK has declared that it will begin streamlining its organization over the next three years as it fa...
March 27, 2021
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336 children adopted overseas from Japan over 9-year period
At least 336 children were adopted from Japan by residents of other countries during about nine year...
March 24, 2021
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3/11 Family Chronicle 5 / Fisherman finds new ways to support his family
This is the fifth and final installment of a series in which Yomiuri Shimbun reporters share an inti...
March 24, 2021
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Now-defunct Japan adoption agency matched 174 children with foreign nationals in 7 years
More than half of roughly 300 children adopted through the Tokyo-based agency Baby Life, which sudde...
March 23, 2021
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Photo contest winners vividly capture everyday charms of ‘Tohoku’s capital’
The winning entries have been announced for the Sendai Photoroll in Chushinbu Shotengai photo contes...
March 23, 2021
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3/11 Family Chronicle 1 / ‘Strongest dad’ keeps smiling until son leaves the nest
Three months after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Yomiuri Shimbun reporters were each assigne...
March 23, 2021
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3/11 Family Chronicle 4 / Moving forward in disaster-hit city in Northern Japan
On March 9, Naoko Ono received an unexpected letter from her son Ryoma, who had just graduated from ...
March 23, 2021
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Can cats form memories, use deductive reasoning?
An interest in pets has been on the rise as people tend to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...
March 22, 2021
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Quake off Miyagi Prefecture was same kind as 2011 disaster
The March 20 earthquake that originated off Miyagi Prefecture occurred at the border of two tectonic...
March 22, 2021
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3/11 Family Chronicle 2 / Agonizing losses rarely discussed by survivors
“The time I spent together with my younger sister is nearing the same amount of time that has passed...
March 22, 2021
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3/11 Family Chronicle 3 / Family feels alienated after 10 years of living as evacuees
Stores and houses are scattered around vacant lots of land with withered grass. On Feb. 25, I visit...
March 22, 2021
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Variants threaten to become prevalent in Japan
Mutated variants of the novel coronavirus, thought to be even more infectious, are threatening to be...
March 22, 2021
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Yomiuri proposal: Build up Japan’s medical system for the long term
Mutated variants of the novel coronavirus, thought to be even more infectious, are threatening to be...
March 21, 2021
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