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LDP, Komeito finalize tax system revision outline
The Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito finalized Thursday afternoon their outline for tax system revisions for fiscal 2014, which will stipulat...
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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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Ukrainian opposition shuns talks
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Letta's govt wins confidence votes
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Persian Gulf states to create joint military command
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U.S., U.K. halt nonlethal aid in N. Syria
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New Tokyo-Ueno rail link may confuse passengers
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Eyes in the sky
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Aqua Line toll discounts to continue past March
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Japan focuses on hospitality to woo international tourists
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Doc’s emotional Boston return ends well
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Shanahan shuts down RG3
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Ukrainian opposition shuns talks
KIEV (AP)—Opposition leaders in Ukraine rejected President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer of talks Wednesday, saying they will not sit down with him until he fires his government and releases all arres...
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Pope Francis is Time’s Person of the Year
NEW YORK (AP)—Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in a...
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Letta's govt wins confidence votes
ROME (AP)—Italian Premier Enrico Letta’s reconstituted governing coalition comfortably survived confidence votes Wednesday that were called after Silvio Berlusconi jumped to the opposition.
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Tutu home robbed
JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s home was robbed while he was away to attend the memorial honoring Nelson Mandela, police said Wednesday, marking the third time in recent years...
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Mandela event’s deaf interpreter called fake
JOHANNESBURG (AP)—As one world leader after another paid homage to Nelson Mandela at a memorial service, the man standing at arm’s length from them appeared to interpret their words in sign langu...
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Persian Gulf states to create joint military command
DUBAI (AP)—Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab neighbors wrapped up a summit meeting in Kuwait on Wednesday by agreeing to establish a joint military command, paving the way for tighter security coordin...
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U.S. to put off Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. Congress is not expected to approve new sanctions against Iran until January at the earliest, giving President Barack Obama at least a few more weeks before his short-term ...
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U.S., U.K. halt nonlethal aid in N. Syria
BEIRUT (AP)—The United States and Britain said Wednesday they were suspending deliveries to rebels in northern Syria of nonlethal aid such as communications equipment and laptops after some of the ...
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2 Saudi women held for driving
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP)—Saudi activists say police have detained two women in Riyadh caught breaking an official ban on females driving. The activists say the women were stopped Wednesday after...
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Cooling pump on ISS shuts down
WASHINGTON (AP)—NASA said Wednesday it was looking into a problem with a malfunctioning cooling pump on the International Space Station, but there was no immediate danger to the two American astron...
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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
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 terrorist attacks
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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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
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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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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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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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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
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...