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General News
Police question man with homemade gunpowder in front of U.S. Embassy
A man in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Monday was found carrying what appeared to be a homem...
August 10, 2022
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Yomiuri EditorialBoost competitiveness through medical-engineering collaborations
The latest move to merge two national universities is expected to lead to the improvement in the qua...
August 10, 2022
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Associated Press
Did Trump break the law? FBI search raises fresh questions
WASHINGTON (AP) — The year was 2016, the presidential candidate under investigation was Hillary Clin...
August 10, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 10, 2022
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Japan In Focus
Artisan touts byobu screens in own museum
Just a stone’s throw from Tokyo Skytree, the Byobu Museum in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, welcomes visitors w...
August 10, 2022
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General News
Japan Meteorological Agency’s volcanic alert system found lacking
An unpredicted eruption and a judicial decision have exposed shortcomings in the Japan Meteorologica...
August 10, 2022
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General News
Foundation of antechamber found in Nara Imperial palace ruins
KASHIHARA, Nara — The raised foundation for what appears to be an antechamber has been discovered at...
August 10, 2022
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Coronavirus
October eyed for rollout of omicron COVID booster
New booster vaccines designed to target the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus are expected to...
August 9, 2022
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Political Cartoons
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August 9, 2022
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Coronavirus
Tokyo logs 29,115 coronavirus cases
Tokyo logged 29,115 new cases of novel coronavirus infection on Tuesday, down 1,727 from the same d...
August 9, 2022
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Obituaries
Fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84
Issey Miyake, the internationally acclaimed fashion designer, died of cancer on Aug. 5 aged 84, it w...
August 9, 2022
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Politics & Government
Kishida vows to keep Nagasaki ‘as last place to endure horror’ of nuclear weapons
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who represents a constituency in Hiroshima, on Tuesday became the firs...
August 9, 2022
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General News
Nagasaki wants nuke-free world on 77th year since atomic bombing
NAGASAKI — Atomic bomb survivors and bereaved families of the victims offered prayers for peace on T...
August 9, 2022
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Politics & Government
Cabinet approval rating falls to 57％
The approval rating of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet stood at 57%, a recent Yomiuri Shimbun...
August 9, 2022
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Washington Post
Limited monkeypox vaccine supply would be stretched under FDA plan
WASHINGTON – Biden administration officials are set to announce Tuesday a new strategy to split monk...
August 9, 2022