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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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Doc’s emotional Boston return ends well
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Shanahan shuts down RG3
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Boras takes shot at Jay Z, teams
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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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Tokyo stocks tumble on concerns Fed will taper easing policy
Stocks tumbled on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, weighed down by selling stemming from worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve Board will soon start tapering off its quantitative easing policy. ...
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U.S. stocks slump on disappointing earnings, ‘buyer’s fatigue’
NEW YORK (AP)—Disappointing earnings from a handful of U.S. companies pushed the stock market to its biggest loss in five weeks. Health care stocks had some of the biggest declines. Laboratory Co...
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World must learn from, carry on Mandela’s legacy of forgiveness
About 100 heads of state and other world leaders mourned the death of Nelson Mandela at a memorial service for the former South African president in Johannesburg on Tuesday, showing how Mandela was re...
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Swiftly implement growth strategy to revitalize Japanese economy
The success of Abenomics, the economic policy of the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hinges on its growth strategy. The government must implement concrete measures swiftly, so the strateg...
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Doc’s emotional Boston return ends well
BOSTON (AP)—Doc Rivers picked up another win in Boston.
The coach who led the Celtics to the 2008 NBA title returned for the first time with the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday and beat Boston 9...
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Shanahan shuts down RG3
ASHBURN, Va. (AP)—It takes quite the sales job to explain why a medically cleared Robert Griffin III won’t play for the rest of the season.
Embattled Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan rea...
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Vonn eyes return to hill in France
NEW YORK (AP)—Mapping out her Olympic preparation after a three-race test, Lindsey Vonn will skip this weekend’s World Cup stop at St. Moritz, Switzerland, and is planning to return to the circui...
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Texans’ Johnson helps needy kids
HOUSTON (AP)—Some fast children in Houston have received more than $17,000 worth of toys and other Christmas gifts thanks to Texans wideout Andre Johnson. A dozen at-risk youngsters on Tuesday ha...
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Rookie keeps Kings rolling
TORONTO (AP)—Four games, four wins, two shutouts and three goals allowed. Martin Jones is off to quite a start in the NHL. The 23-year-old rookie stopped 38 shots, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreak...
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Golf coach accused of molestation
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)—A popular golf coach in Northern California has been charged with child molestation after allegedly sexually assaulting multiple boys during a three-year period, authorities said...
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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
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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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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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...