Pyongyang says Kim’s uncle purged
SEOUL (AP)—North Korea announced Monday it had sacked leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle, long considered the country’s No. 2 power, saying corruption, ...
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Eda leaves Your Party to create new group
Former Your Party Secretary General Kenji Eda submitted a letter of resignation from the party Monday afternoon, aiming to create a new political par...
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Thai PM dissolves parliament
BANGKOK (AP)—Thailand’s prime minister announced Monday she will dissolve the lower house of parliament and call elections in an attempt to calm ...
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Extra found on Tokyo Games bid...for 1940
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Schools strain at seams due to Tokyo condo development
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Ogres on parade
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Kato barely falls short of title in Berlin 500
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Ligety edges Miller to win World Cup giant slalom
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Takanashi sails to victory in opener
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Prater hits record in Broncos win
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Miracle shot caps Miyazato's 1st win
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Sanfrecce repeat as Marinos miss out
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South Africans pray for Mandela
CAPE TOWN (AP)—In death, Nelson Mandela unified South Africans of all races and backgrounds Sunday on a day of prayer for the global statesman—from a vaulted cathedral with hymns and incense to a ...
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Spicing things up
Princess Hisako of Takamado makes kimchi by adding seasoning to Chinese cabbage at the South Korean Embassy in Tokyo on Saturday. Along with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife, Akie, and about 150 peo...
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Extra found on Tokyo Games bid...for 1940
KYOTO—An almost perfectly preserved copy of a Yomiuri Shimbun extra issued to announce Tokyo had been chosen to host the 1940 Olympic Games has been found in Kyoto, a memento of an event that neve...
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Schools strain at seams due to Tokyo condo development
Primary schools in waterfront areas of Tokyo’s Koto Ward are overcrowded as a result of a sharp population increase due to local redevelopment efforts that included the construction of many condomi...
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Ogres on parade
Twenty Namahage ogres paraded down a street in Tokyo’s Ginza district on Saturday, shouting “Are there any bad children?” Akita Prefecture hosted the street performance to publicize the 29th Nat...
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RS virus infections rising at record rate
November saw the highest one-week number of infections with the respiratory syncytial (RS) virus—which causes pneumonia and other serious diseases in babies and small children—since the National ...
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Inose offers to give up year’s pay over Tokushukai loan
Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose on Monday offered to give up his entire salary for one year to take responsibility for accepting questionable financial assistance from the Tokushukai medical group. “I wou...
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Transport of tainted soil to be overseen by experts
The Environment Ministry will set up a panel of experts by the year-end to discuss details of the transportation of radioactive soil from nuclear disaster-affected areas in Fukushima Prefecture to pl...
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Food mislabeling found at 300 entities
Government agencies have discovered food mislabeling at about 300 entities in the country, it was learned Monday. The finding was reported to the day’s meeting of senior officials of relevant age...
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Welfare payouts hit ¥107.5 tril. in FY11
The government paid a record ¥107.5 trillion in social welfare benefits in fiscal 2011 ended in March last year, up 2.7 percent from the year before, according to a government-run think tank. On to...
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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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INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR KENNEDY / U.S. ‘has no truer friend than Japan’
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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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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
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Kennedy steps into new limelight
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Princess Masako attends more official functions
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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 countering China’s establishment of an air defen...
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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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Kennedy arrives in Japan as new U.S. ambassador
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Abe, Biden lean on China to drop air defense zone
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday agreed to urge China to eliminate its newly established air defense identification zone that includes airspace over the Sen...
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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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読売夕刊の人気コラム「コレって英語で？」 電子書籍第12巻が10月25日発売！
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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...