1st security strategy OK’d to check China
The government has officially approved its first national security strategy, which is aimed at keeping China in check in view of repeated intrusions i...
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Jang’s widow skips Kim Jong Il event
SEOUL (Jiji Press)—Kim Kyong Hui, the aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was not seen at the leadership podium at a memorial ceremony to comm...
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Bayern cruises into Club World Cup final
AGADIR, Morocco (AP)—Bayern Munich closed in on its fifth trophy of 2013 by brushing aside Guangzhou Evergrande 3-0 Tuesday to reach the Club World...
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Sis can’t stop Schild’s record-tying run
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Kobe lifts Lakers to victory
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Kenta is coming!
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NSA program ‘likely unconstitutional’
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A STUDY OF BRANDS / Piaget in right place at right time
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Safer mochi sweets on way for elderly
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Game-playing ‘admirals’ flock to Yokosuka
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Oshima still haunted by scars of disaster
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Yonemitsu’s mat return on hold
London Olympic gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu will skip the upcoming All-Japan wrestling championships due to an ankle injury, it was learned Tuesday. The three-day championships starting Dec. 2...
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New weight class for wrestler Yoshida
The weight class in which Saori Yoshida has won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in women’s wrestling was eliminated as the sport’s governing body increased the number of divisions Tuesday a...
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FILA sets new Olympic weight classes
NEW YORK (AP)—Wrestling’s international governing body announced Tuesday that men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman will each lose a weight class between light and heavyweight ahead of the 2016 Olymp...
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Sis can’t stop Schild’s record-tying run
COURCHEVEL, France (AP)—Marlies Schild of Austria joked that her younger sister wouldn’t have received any Christmas presents if she had prevented her from tying the record for World Cup slalom wi...
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Sato stays with Foyt Indy team
WALLER, Texas (AP)—A.J. Foyt is keeping his team together for a second straight IndyCar season. On Tuesday, the team owner and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner said driver Takuma Sato, chief eng...
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Dineen hired as Canada women's coach
CALGARY, Canada (AP)—Kevin Dineen became coach of Canada’s women’s ice hockey team Tuesday ahead of the Sochi Olympics, a month after his firing by the Florida Panthers. He succeeds Dan Churc...
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Watanabe, BoSox agree on deal
BOSTON (AP)—Right-hander Shunsuke Watanabe has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. Boston says he will report to minor league spring training as a reliever. The two-time ...
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J.League to take 2-month break for Cup
The J.League’s first division will take a two-month break for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, according to the schedule for next season announced Tuesday by the league. The season will start March ...
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Kobe lifts Lakers to victory
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)—Hitting a tough shot over one of the NBA’s best defenders is a boost to any ego. For Kobe Bryant, it’s a sign he’s getting back to his own personal standard.
Bryant scor...
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Monet: A lasting impression
There are certainly few names in the history of art that carry such an aura of beauty and love of nature for people around the world as the name Monet. Another certainty is that the latest Monet exhib...
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Exhibition shows Hi-Red Center knew how to raise eyebrows
Among avant-garde art circles to come out of the mid-1960s in Japan, probably the most well-known today is the Hi-Red Center. The group’s name was created by connecting the English meaning of the fi...
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A closer look at Japanese collectivism
Recently a Japanese song I like very much but had not thought of for a while suddenly sprang to mind—“Zoo” by the rock band Echoes. The song has remained popular since its original release in 1...
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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
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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
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U.S. funding to relocate marines OK’d
WASHINGTON—The armed services committees of both houses of the U.S. Congress have effectively approved spending to relocate 4,000 U.S. marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture to Guam from the U.S. f...
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Japan in Depth / Abe-Biden talks highlight efforts to counter China
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Abe, Biden lean on China to drop air defense zone
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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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New grad job market still ‘highly selective’
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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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Release of water into sea inevitable after purification at Fukushima plant
It is imperative to speed up efforts to contain contaminated water at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. A government panel on measures to dispose of contaminated wate...
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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
ジャパン・ニューズの語学学習ページ、LearningLab（毎週木曜付）で４週に１度掲載している「私の英語勉強法」。その電子書籍第８巻（税込420円）が...
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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！
読売新聞夕刊（東京本社版）で毎週木曜に好評連載中のコラム「ジャパン・ニューズ記者のコレって英語で？」の電子書籍、第12巻（420円、税込）が...
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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...