Japan, Philippines agree on airspace
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Friday agreed the two countries will cooperate on the issue of China’s newly d...
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3rd-graders to learn English from 2020
Education minister Hakubun Shimomura said Friday that English will be a formal subject for fifth- and sixth-year students at primary schools starting...
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From dawn till dust
Temple workers dust under the eaves of the main pavilion of Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, before dawn Friday. The annual rit...
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Visually impaired foreigners learning useful skills
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Luxury goods regain popularity with shoppers
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Zoom Up / Fate of disaster relics unresolved
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English a powerful tool for tackling racism
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Bosnian musician to help poor Roma study music
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Uchimura scores Japan Grand Prix
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Putin defends conservative values
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Republicans back budget deal
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Kariya’s family reconciles with former Aum member Hirata
A former senior member of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, indicted for his alleged involvement in the 1995 abduction and confinement of a Tokyo man who was later killed, has agreed with bereaved family me...
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Visually impaired foreigners learning useful skills
Dzhorobekova Shirinoi looks like many other foreigners in Tokyo, except for the white cane in her hand that indicates she is visually impaired. The 27-year-old woman from Kyrgyzstan came to Japan in ...
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Luxury goods regain popularity with shoppers
Not only luxury goods such as watches and jewelry, but also relatively expensive goods such as clothing and accessories are apparently selling very well at department stores in Tokyo, aided by the re...
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Officials: US drone strike kills 13 in Yemen
SANAA (AP)—Missiles fired by a U.S. drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles traveling to a wedding party in central Yemen on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, Yem-eni security officials said. ...
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Uchimura scores Japan Grand Prix
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Zoom Up / Fate of disaster relics unresolved
MORIOKA—On Nov. 11, Taiki and Nakako Terasawa prayed quietly at the ruins of a disaster management center in the Unosumai district of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture. Their pregnant daughter lost her lif...
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English a powerful tool for tackling racism
English is an international language that could be the answer to combating racism because people can express themselves using this common language and address misunderstandings.
Tempei Seki, the winn...
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PRIMARY ADVICE / Picturebook useful for lessons
Q: I am teaching preschoolers and primary school students. Do you use picture books? If so, how do you use them? D.V. teacher Saitama
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Hi, Annie! / drive up the wall（すごくイライラさせる）
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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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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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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
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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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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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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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！
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...