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Science
Blow for French cold meats after nitrates health warning
PARIS (AFP-Jiji) — French health authorities said July 12 they had confirmed a link between nitrates...
August 3, 2022
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Science
Ancient jawbone could give glimpse of Europe’s earliest humans
MADRID (Reuters) — Archaeologists in Spain said July 8 they had dug up an ancient jawbone that could...
August 3, 2022
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ScienceUterus transplants allow successful pregnancies in U.S. women
More than half of U.S. women who received a uterus through a transplant went on to have successful p...
August 3, 2022
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Science
Research: Immune response to COVID causes brain damage
WASHINGTON (AFP-Jiji) — A small new study published last month by scientists at the U.S. National In...
August 3, 2022
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Science
Scientists at CERN observe 3 ‘exotic’ particles for 1st time
GENEVA (Reuters) — Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three sub...
August 3, 2022
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Climate Change
Study: Science offers basis for national climate damage claims
A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country’s carbon emissions have damaged the econ...
August 3, 2022
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General News
Special rain warning issued for 6 Yamagata cities, towns
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special rain warning for three cities and three towns in Ya...
August 3, 2022
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Society
Medical Associations: No need for young COVID-19 patients to quickly visit clinics
COVID-19 patients aged under 65 who have no chronic diseases do not need to quickly consult a doctor...
August 3, 2022
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General News
Heatstroke alerts issued for 35 prefs
Heatstroke alerts were issued for 35 prefectures Wednesday as temperatures soared across Japan. The ...
August 3, 2022
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Asia Pacific
5 Chinese govt, political bodies condemn Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
BEIJING / XIAMEN, China — Five Chinese government and political bodies, including the foreign and d...
August 3, 2022
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Defense & Security
Japan’s EEZ included in target area of China’s military drills
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said Wednesday that Japan expressed concern to China that t...
August 3, 2022
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Coronavirus
Over 240,000 cases confirmed
Tokyo logged 38,940 new cases of coronavirus infection on Wednesday, up 9,904 from the same day the ...
August 3, 2022
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Baseball
Yakult’s Murakami sets record with HRs in 5 straight at-bats
Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows set a Nippon Professional Baseball record by finishin...
August 3, 2022
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Companies
7 major power utilities incurred net losses in April-June
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Seven of Japan’s 10 major power utilities incurred consolidated net losses in A...
August 3, 2022
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Politics & Government
3-day Diet session starts
An extraordinary Diet session that will last for only three days was convened Wednesday....
August 3, 2022