2nd fighter jet unit eyed for Naha base
To strengthen the defense of the Nansei Islands, including the Senkakus, the government plans to deploy an additional unit of fighter jets at the Air ...
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Japan in Depth / Japan-U.S. discord throws wrench in TPP talks
SINGAPORE—The deadline for an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks was missed, but U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was u...
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Christmas treat
A diver in a Santa Claus costume entertains visitors to Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama by giving a box containing a Christmas present to...
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Japanese attends ceremony
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Project to reduce child bicycle accidents starts
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Pollen-free hinoki found
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Bon voyage
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GM names 1st woman CEO
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U.S. job openings reach 5-year high
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Upgraded JAL safety center reopens
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Beauty queen not afraid to get dirty in typhoon clean-up
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Marinos star Nakamura becomes 1st 2-time J.League MVP
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Mandela ‘last great 20th-century liberator’
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Croatia may help destroy Syrian chemical weapons
ZAGREB (AP)—Croatia is considering taking part in the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons, but only if there is no opposition from the public, the Adriatic country’s prime minister said Tue...
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French exec jailed over breast implants
MARSEILLE, France (AP)—A disgraced French businessman was convicted of fraud and sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday for filling tens of thousands of breast implants with industrial grade ...
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Ukraine clashes continue
KIEV (AP)—Security forces clashed with protesters during an overnight standoff that carried into Wednesday morning in the center of the Ukrainian capital, in an escalation of a crisis that threaten...
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Japanese attends ceremony
OSLO—Ichiro Akiyama, a former Ground Self-Defense Force’s major general, who acted as the first director of the Inspectorate Division of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ...
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Project to reduce child bicycle accidents starts
The Omura city government in Nagasaki Prefecture and other organizations have launched a project to reduce the number of accidents involving children riding bicycles, by taking measures such as experi...
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Pollen-free hinoki found
YOKOHAMA—In a potential boon for hay fever sufferers, a hinoki cypress tree that does not release pollen has been found in Kanagawa Prefecture.
A pollen-free cedar tree was found in Toyama Prefect...
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Bon voyage
Passengers aboard the chartered Nanatsuboshi luxury sleeper train wave as it leaves JR Hakata Station in Fukuoka on Tuesday. They are part of a 28-member tour group from seven prefectures who joined ...
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U.S. financial regulators ban high-risk trading by banks
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. regulators have taken a major step toward reining in high-risk trading on Wall Street, banning the largest banks from trading for their own profit in most cases. It took three...
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Kagome acquires Turkish company
Food maker Kagome Co. said it has made Turkish seed and seedling affiliate Tat Tohumculuk AS a consolidated subsidiary by acquiring a stake of 80 percent. Kagome, which had owned 29 percent in the ...
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GM names 1st woman CEO
DETROIT (AP)—General Motors picked Mary Barra, its product development chief and a 33-year company veteran, as its next chief executive officer. She will become the first woman to head any major ca...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Gyudon restaurants feeling the squeeze
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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Learning Japanese from the news / Skyscraper built at site of terrorism
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Let's try! 算数の英語
算数を英語で楽しく学ぶ「Let’s try! 算数の英語」。今回は分数を使った計算の問題です。
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Christmas is around the corner.
The Christmas tree in Akiko’s...
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Mystery of drumming: Kodo’s performance beautifully stylized but free
SADO, Niigata—Kodo, a renowned taiko drum troupe based on Sado Island, will launch a new show in Tokyo and Yokohama this month that draws heavily on Japanese folklore. Titled “Mystery,” the show...
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Dots of color that changed Western art
An exhibition under way at The National Art Center, Tokyo, in Roppongi covers an assortment of painters who used Pointillist methods—applying numerous tiny colored dots of paint—from the end of th...
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Maiko guides give Kyoto show a colorful twist
KYOTO—With the cameras rolling, two apprentice geiko, called maiko, approach the deputy chief priest of Matsuno-o Taisha shrine in Kyoto, and begin their interview with the phrase, “Okini, otano m...
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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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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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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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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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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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New grad job market still ‘highly selective’
University students and others set to graduate in spring 2015 cannot be overly optimistic during this year’s job hunting season, which officially started Sunday, as companies are generally willing t...
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Secrecy law enacted
The House of Councillors has passed into law a divisive bill to protect specially designated state secrets with a majority of support from the ruling bloc, despite fierce resistance from the oppositi...
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LOOKING EAST / ‘J-Melo’: Helpful expert for overseas J-pop fans
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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...