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Wider World
Japan to pledge $5 bil. in aid for infrastructure development in Africa
The government has decided to provide as much as $5 billion (about ¥680 billion) in aid over three y...
August 26, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 26, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 18,423 new coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 18,423 new cases of novel coronavirus infection Friday, down 9,253 from the same day la...
August 26, 2022
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Politics & Government
Tsuyuki named NPA chief
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese government on Friday decided to name Yasuhiro Tsuyuki, deputy comm...
August 26, 2022
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Companies
Sony announces PlayStation 5 price hikes
The prices of PlayStation 5 consoles will be going up around the world, Sony Interactive Entertainme...
August 26, 2022
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Wider World
Japan recognizes 98 Afghan refugees
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Immigration Services Agency of Japan gave refugee status this month to 98 p...
August 26, 2022
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General News
Abe shooting could have been prevented, report says
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The deadly shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July could ...
August 26, 2022
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Politics & Government
Education ministry strategizing to bring foreign students back to Japan
The government plans to revise its basic strategy for accepting foreign students in an effort to res...
August 26, 2022
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Art
Japan Media Arts Festival to be scrapped
The Cultural Affairs Agency has decided to scrap the Japan Media Arts Festival, which celebrates out...
August 26, 2022
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General News
Digital textbooks for English to be standard for 5th grade and up
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The education ministry plans to start the full-fledged use of digital textbooks...
August 26, 2022
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General News
Japanese police to enhance measures against online instructions for homemade weapons
A National Police Agency security inspection report on the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister S...
August 26, 2022
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General News
Firefighters’ rope-bridge competition held in Tokyo
Firefighters compete in the rope-bridge race at the 50th National Rescue Meet, an event held Friday ...
August 26, 2022
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Climate Change
Thaw, redraw: Melting glacier displaces Italian-Swiss border
ZERMATT, Switzerland (AFP-Jiji) — Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy...
August 26, 2022
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Washington PostUkraine’s largest nuclear plant is cut off energy grid
The Washington Post / John Hudson [posttime] JST, [postdate] KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine̵...
August 26, 2022
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Washington Post
Truck, plane, backpack: Inside the extreme effort to save Mexican wolves
ABOVE THE GILA NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. – In a private plane soaring 26,000 feet over pine-swathed moun...
August 26, 2022