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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AC Milan confirms Honda transfer
MILAN (AP)—AC Milan says Japan forward Keisuke Honda will join the club in January from CSKA Moscow and will wear No. 10. It has long been report...
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Trip Through Time / Farm nourished composer’s creativity / Giuseppe Verdi (1813...
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THE TRAVELER’S TABLE / Doughnuts to celebrate ancient victory
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SHOPPING FINDS / Handmade silk embroidery in Kaifeng
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OPCW accepts Nobel Peace Prize
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Robot smart enough to pass college tests
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Flip phones show staying power
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Nature in Short / Adaptable wagtails peck out a living in the city
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Japanese attends ceremony
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Powerful Pacers handle Heat
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Yokomine bags JLPGA’s top player award
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MUSINGS / Dec. 7, 2013
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Dec. 7 issue. * * * A passage in “Kokoro” (The heart of things), a novel by Soseki Natsume (...
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Trip Through Time / Farm nourished composer’s creativity / Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) in Sant’Agata
SANT’AGATA, Italy—The rolling pastures of Sant’Agata in northern Italy are dotted with farmhouses, stables and vineyards.
Giuseppe Verdi, the famous Italian opera composer, spent his later yea...
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THE TRAVELER’S TABLE / Doughnuts to celebrate ancient victory
JERUSALEM—When round doughnuts hit the shelves of cake shops in Israel, it means the end of the year is approaching.
Hanukkah is an annual festival commemorating a Jewish victory over the Syrian-G...
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SHOPPING FINDS / Handmade silk embroidery in Kaifeng
KAIFENG, China—A popular souvenir of Kaifeng, in China’s Henan Province, is embroidery called “Bian Xiu,” which has a history of more than 900 years. The emperor of the Northern Song dynasty, ...
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OPCW accepts Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (AP)—Recalling the “burning, blinding and suffocating” horrors of chemical weapons, the head of a watchdog trying to consign them to history accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday, as pr...
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Drug firms paid for cancer articles
The government has begun investigating articles carried in a magazine intended for cancer patients on suspicion some of the articles are actually advertisements for anticancer drugs. The Pharmaceutica...
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Robot smart enough to pass college tests
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Flip phones show staying power
Despite the rise of the smartphone, conventional cell phones have retained a solid market presence, favored by businesspeople who make frequent work calls for their long battery life, and by middle-a...
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Final TPP accord postponed due to conflict between Japan, U.S.
As participating countries failed to reconcile a variety of conflicts, including one between Japan and the United States, an accord on creating a new free trade zone in Asia and the Pacific region ha...
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Orix adds slugger Pena
The Orix Buffaloes announced Wednesday they have signed former Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks slugger Wily Mo Pena. The 31-year-old, who was released by the Hawks, agreed to a one-year deal estimated at ¥12...
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MUSINGS / Dec. 7, 2013
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Dec. 7 issue. * * * A passage in “Kokoro” (The heart of things), a novel by Soseki Natsume (...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Gyudon restaurants feeling the squeeze
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Learning Japanese from the news / Skyscraper built at site of terrorism
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Culture
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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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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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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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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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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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LOOKING EAST / ‘J-Melo’: Helpful expert for overseas J-pop fans
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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...