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Associated Press
Study: Already shrunk by half, Swiss glaciers melting faster
GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the ear...
August 23, 2022
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Social Series
Reality of overseas organ transplants / Kidney patient enters world of under-the-table payoffs
In a recently publicized case of suspected organ trafficking, a living donor kidney transplant was c...
August 23, 2022
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General News
Health ministry to create monitoring system to manage supplies of drugs, test kits
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry plans to create a system to centrally monitor the production ...
August 23, 2022
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Crime ＆ Courts
Major Japan menswear firm ‘pressed for lower sponsorship fees’ after Tokyo Games postponed
Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive board member of the Tokyo Games organizing committee, may ha...
August 22, 2022
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Baseball
Title for Tohoku, at last
Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School players celebrate the Miyagi Prefecture school’s historic win in the...
August 22, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 15,085 new cases of COVID-19
Tokyo reported 15,085 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Monday, down 8,050 from the same d...
August 22, 2022
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Economy
Firms turning to ‘evangelists’ to boost IT understanding
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japanese corporations are increasingly employing “evangelists” to promote and i...
August 22, 2022
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Associated Press
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran K...
August 22, 2022
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Reuters
S. Korea, U.S. begin largest military drills in years amid N. Korea backlash
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in yea...
August 22, 2022
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Reuters
China steps up easing, cuts lending benchmarks to revive faltering economy
SHANGHAI (Reuters) — China cut its benchmark lending rate and lowered the mortgage reference by a b...
August 22, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialWork multilaterally to install facilities that promote widespread use
Setting up more charging facilities is imperative to realize the widespread use of electric vehicles...
August 22, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Devise ways to promote vaccinations for younger generations
Novel coronavirus infections are spreading among children amid the seventh wave of the pandemic. In ...
August 22, 2022
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General News
Abandoned Russian tanks on display in Kyiv nearly 6 months into invasion
KYIV — Damaged tanks, armed vehicles and weapons abandoned by Russian forces on the war front amid t...
August 22, 2022
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Companies
Hino reveals further data fraud
Scandal-hit Hino Motors announced Monday that new cases of data fraud have been detected in the prod...
August 22, 2022
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General News
Japan rail firm sets up site to practice camping in Tokyo
An arm of rail firm JR East has created a fast-track way for wannabe campers in Tokyo to get a tast...
August 22, 2022