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...
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Japan to face Cote d’Ivoire in 2014 World Cup opener
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil—The Samurai Blue were placed into Group C along with Cote d’Ivoire, Colombia and Greece during Friday’s draw for the 20...
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Asada wins GP Final despite triple axel problems
FUKUOKA (AP) — Japanese skater Mao Asada won the Grand Prix Final on Saturday despite failing to land two triple axels early in her free program.
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One more hit
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Deal to boost global trade reached at WTO summit
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Kennedy visits Rakuten Inc.
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Miyazato moves back into lead
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Sanfrecce repeat as Marinos miss out
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Japan ski jumpers soar to mixed team gold
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Vonn lags to 40th in 1st race back
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Mock surgery fosters future surgeons
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Apparel makers seek to sell you a lifestyle
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At 50, new Mustang still has plenty of muscle
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One more hit
Lifetime honorary manager of the Yomiuri Giants Shigeo Nagashima, right, receives a commemorative wajima-nuri lacquer bat from Wajima Mayor Fumiaki Kaji at a Tokyo hotel on Friday. The municipal gove...
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Draft energy plan seeks to restart N-reactors
Japan will restart some nuclear reactors because nuclear energy is an important base-load electricity source, according to a draft basic energy policy plan. But Japan will keep its nuclear energy r...
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Survey of faults under Mihama N-plant begins
MIHAMA, Fukui (Jiji Press)—Inspectors from the Nuclear Regulation Authority started a two-day on-site survey Saturday to determine whether crush zones beneath the Mihama nuclear power plant in Fuku...
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Ex-reporter arrested over threatening calls
YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press)—A former reporter of Mainichi Newspapers has been arrested on suspicion of making phone threats against Jiji Press Ltd. President Yutaka Nishizawa. Eiji Hiramoto, 42, repeat...
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TPP nations open crucial 4-day meet
SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Ministers from 12 countries discussing a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact started a four-day meeting in Singapore on Saturday, aiming to politically settle deal-brea...
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Govt: TEPCO to pay ¥1.8 tril. for decontamination
The government has decided that Tokyo Electric Power Co. will pay about ¥1.8 trillion of the costs to clean up radioactive substances released from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, up about ...
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Deal to boost global trade reached at WTO summit
BALI (AP)—A deal to boost global trade has been approved by the World Trade Organization’s 159 member economies for the first time in nearly two decades, keeping alive the possibility that a broa...
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U.S. unemployment rate falls to 5-year low of 7%
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. job market has been recovering fitfully for three years. Now, it’s starting to show consistency. Employers added 203,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fel...
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Oct. coincident CI hits 5-year high
Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators for October hit the highest level since July 2008, before the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in September that year, the ...
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15% cut set for immature tuna catches
An international tuna resources conservation organization on Friday decided to reduce member economies’ catches of immature bluefin tuna in the western Pacific in 2014 by 15 percent or more from th...
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Hi, Annie! / out of the blue（出し抜けに）
この場合、blue は青空のことだよ。直訳（ちょくやく）すれば、青空から雨が急に降（ふ）ってくるような意味なんだけど、「出（だ）し抜（ぬ）け...
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MUSINGS / Nov. 30, 2013
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Nov. 30 issue. * * * Philosopher Shuzo Kuki wrote in his poem titled “Jinsei no Odori” (A ...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Tofu makers in a pinch as soybean prices surge
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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Carrying on Rikyu's search for beauty: Modern artists discuss new film exploring origins of master's quest
SAKAI—Sen no Rikyu (1522-91) built the foundation of today’s chanoyu (way of tea) in the late 16th century, making it a grand comprehensive art that many people still admire today. A film to be re...
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Tate exhibition shows Turner’s exploration of the mystery of nature
An exhibition showcasing the career of Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of Britain’s greatest artists, is under way at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Ueno Park until Dec. 18, dis...
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BEYOND THE PAPER SCREEN / Refashioning of ‘Japaneseness’ required to develop global human resources
When I was growing up, studying abroad was still considered an endeavor of the privileged. By the time I became a college student, it was much more accessible, and its aura of rarity was quickly fadin...
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Albania agrees to destroy Syria weapons
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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
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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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Kennedy steps into new limelight
If she did not bear the name Kennedy, articles reporting her appointment would have been headlined “first female U.S. ambassador to Japan.”
But Caroline Kennedy is the only living child of form...
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Princess Masako attends more official functions
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10,000 typhoon deaths seen as Philippine aid delayed
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Kennedy arrives in Japan as new U.S. ambassador
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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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Experts discourage smartphone babysitting
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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
The House of Representatives passed a bill intended to strengthen the protection of specially designated secrets Tuesday with the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito appro...
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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...