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Asia Pacific
China: The nation expects to see population shrink by 2025
China’s population growth is set to turn negative by 2025, as low fertility rates and aging bring lo...
August 18, 2022
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Technology‘Total art’: Inside a vast video game archive
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — In the bowels of an imposing modernist tower in Paris, Laurent Duplouy carefully ...
August 18, 2022
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Asia Pacific
Yoon aims to avoid friction with Japan by settling requisitioned worker issue
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday expressed willingness to resolve the issue...
August 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Trump’s dominance in GOP comes into focus, worrying some in the party
Donald Trump is securing his grip on the Republican Party less than three months before the midterms...
August 18, 2022
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Washington Post
California’s giant sequoias are burning up. Will logging save them?
KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Every June, Tony Caprio and his wife Linda hike into the Sugarb...
August 18, 2022
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Washington Post
Mystics bring the noise, brace for playoff showdown with Storm
SEATTLE - Natasha Cloud stood against a wall at the Seattle Storm's practice facility Wednesday, ope...
August 18, 2022
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Washington Post
CDC, under fire, lays out plan to become more nimble and accountable
The nation's top public health official acknowledged Wednesday that the Centers for Disease Control ...
August 18, 2022
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Economy
Govt asks Mitsubishi to consider investing in new Russian operator of Sakhalin 2
The government asked Mitsubishi Corp. to consider investing in the new Russian operator of the Sakha...
August 18, 2022
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Companies
ANA considers luxury tours to lure super-rich
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Major airline group ANA Holdings Inc. and others in Japan are thinking of offer...
August 18, 2022
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Obituaries
Fashion designer Hanae Mori, architect of an era
Active on the world stage from the days of Japan’s postwar reconstruction period, Hanae Mori was th...
August 18, 2022
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General News
9-yr-old Fujita to become youngest pro Go player
Reo Fujita, a 9-year-old Japanese elementary school third-grade boy, will become the youngest profes...
August 18, 2022
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Yomiuri Editorial
Concerns grow over ‘Chinese ports’ developed overseas through debt traps
It can be said that concerns about China’s military use of other countries’ ports and other faciliti...
August 18, 2022
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Coronavirus
Online COVID-19 test sales approved by ministry
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry on Wednesday gave the greenlight for sales of antigen test ki...
August 18, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 18, 2022
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Music
Morimoto strives to be an all-around pianist
At 17, Shunta Morimoto is already making his name internationally as an up-and-coming pianist. Based...
August 18, 2022