Japan in Depth / Abe-Biden talks highlight efforts to counter China
The meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday underscored the significance of the Japan-U.S. alliance in ...
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Dreaming of a white radish
Nerima daikon radishes hang like a white curtain in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. The radishes are 60 to 80 centimeters long and weigh up to two kilograms each....
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Asada faces Russian teen challenge
Four of the five competitors who will seek to keep Japan’s Mao Asada from repeating as women’s champion at the ISU Grand Prix Final share several ...
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Europeans fighting in Syria sharply rising
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French report: No proof Arafat was poisoned
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Guardian published ‘1% of Snowden leak’
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N.Y. train engineer ‘nodded’
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Japan’s PISA rankings improve in 2013
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‘Amachan’ building to be demolished
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In the News / Shoko Kurokawa / Giving voice to abused children
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¥18.6 tril. economic stimulus planned to prepare for tax hike
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Judge declares Detroit eligible for bankruptcy
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Australian spies raid home of E. Timor lawyer
CANBERRA (AP)—Australia’s secret service has raided the Canberra homes of a lawyer and a former spy who intend to allege in an international court in The Hague that Australia bugged the East Timo...
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U.S. military shipments halted from Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP)—The United States said Tuesday it had stopped shipments of military equipment out of Afghanistan, citing the risk to truckers from protests along part of the route in neighboring Pa...
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China laureate’s wife said to be depressed
BEIJING (AP)—The wife of Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, depressed from being forcibly sequestered at home alone for the past three years by state security, is issuing a few requests: Let ...
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Europeans fighting in Syria sharply rising
COPENHAGEN (AP)— A new wave of Europeans is heading to Syria, their ranks soaring in the past six months as tales of easy living and glorious martyrdom draw them to the rebellion against Bashar Assa...
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Ukraine rallies resume after govt wins vote
KIEV (AP)—Ukraine appeared mired in a political standoff Tuesday, as massive protest rallies showed no sign of letting up and the government warned of its capability for force after a failed attemp...
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French report: No proof Arafat was poisoned
PARIS (AP)—French scientists looking into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have dismissed poisoning by radioactive polonium, his widow announced Tuesday. The results contradict earlier...
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Guardian published ‘1% of Snowden leak’
LONDON (AP)—The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, and denied...
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German app developed to identify neo-Nazi music
BERLIN (AP)—German police say they have developed software that can automatically identify banned neo-Nazi music. Certain extremist music is banned for public sale or performance in Germany, but t...
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Obama plugs health plan benefits
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. President Barack Obama has opened a campaign to bombard Americans daily about the benefits of his health care overhaul, pressing them to give the troubled Web sign-up portal a f...
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U.S. House renews plastic gun ban
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to renew a 25-year-old prohibition against firearms that can evade metal detectors and X-ray machines just as 3-D printers are increa...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Tofu makers in a pinch as soybean prices surge
Stay abreast of current events and learn Japanese at the same time through articles originally printed in The Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun.
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The Nihongo Way / Dec. 2
◆DIALOGUE OVERVIEW◆
This is the romaji transcription of the conversation in the box above.
J-1: Toki no tatsu no wa hayai desu nee. Moo Shiwasu desu yo.
U-1: E? Shiwasu? Sore, nan desu ka?
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Learning Japanese from the news / ‘Bargains’ on Rakuten mall fraudently priced
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Culture
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Carrying on Rikyu's search for beauty: Modern artists discuss new film exploring origins of master's quest
SAKAI—Sen no Rikyu (1522-91) built the foundation of today’s chanoyu (way of tea) in the late 16th century, making it a grand comprehensive art that many people still admire today. A film to be re...
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Tate exhibition shows Turner’s exploration of the mystery of nature
An exhibition showcasing the career of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of Britain’s greatest artists, is under way at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park until Dec. 18, dis...
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BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Refashioning of ‘Japaneseness’ required to develop global human resources
When I was growing up, studying abroad was still considered an endeavor of the privileged. By the time I became a college student, it was much more accessible, and its aura of rarity was quickly fadin...
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Albania agrees to destroy Syria weapons
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Tokyo English teachers to study abroad for Olympics
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INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR KENNEDY / U.S. ‘has no truer friend than Japan’
The United States “has no more important ally than Japan,” new U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy said during an exclusive interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, in which she described the imp...
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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
A volcanic eruption has created a new islet near Nishinoshima island in Tokyo’s Ogasawara chain, the Japan Coast Guard has announced.
The JCG on Wednesday issued a warning to ships around the are...
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Japan, U.S. to up Senkaku surveillance
In response to China’s declaration of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea that includes the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, the Japanese and U.S. governments have confi...
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Princess Masako attends more official functions
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Kennedy steps into new limelight
If she did not bear the name Kennedy, articles reporting her appointment would have been headlined “first female U.S. ambassador to Japan.”
But Caroline Kennedy is the only living child of form...
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10,000 typhoon deaths seen as Philippine aid delayed
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Kennedy arrives in Japan as new U.S. ambassador
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Experts discourage smartphone babysitting
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好評連載「私の英語勉強法」 電子書籍の第８巻が発売されました
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Message to our readers
Today the English-language newspaper published by The Yomiuri Shimbun starts anew under the name of The Japan News.
Amid Japan's declining international presence, the nation is facing a chall...