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 ...
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Dreaming of a white radish
Nerima daikon radishes hang like a white curtain in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. The radishes are 60 to 80 centimeters long and weigh up to two kilograms each....
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Asada faces Russian teen challenge
Four of the five competitors who will seek to keep Japan’s Mao Asada from repeating as women’s champion at the ISU Grand Prix Final share several ...
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N.Y. train engineer ‘nodded’
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Japan’s PISA rankings improve in 2013
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‘Amachan’ building to be demolished
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In the News / Shoko Kurokawa / Giving voice to abused children
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¥18.6 tril. economic stimulus planned to prepare for tax hike
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Judge declares Detroit eligible for bankruptcy
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Lolita idol charms Russian anime fans
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Biden, Xi have tense reunion
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Warriors rally from 27 down to top Raptors
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Obama plugs health plan benefits
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. President Barack Obama has opened a campaign to bombard Americans daily about the benefits of his health care overhaul, pressing them to give the troubled Web sign-up portal a f...
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U.S. House renews plastic gun ban
WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to renew a 25-year-old prohibition against firearms that can evade metal detectors and X-ray machines just as 3-D printers are increa...
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U.S. man held in Cuba asks Obama for help
WASHINGTON (AP)—An American man who is marking four years in prison in Cuba has written a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama asking the president to get personally involved in securing his relea...
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N.Y. train engineer ‘nodded’
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP)—The engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, “nodded” at the controls before the wreck, and by the time he caught himself ...
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Obama’s uncle can remain in U.S.
BOSTON (AP)—U.S. President Barack Obama’s Kenyan-born uncle, who ignored a deportation order more than two decades ago, on Tuesday was granted permission to stay in the United States. Judge Leo...
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Hizbollah leader killed outside home
BEIRUT (AP)—The Lebanese militant group Hizbollah said Wednesday one of its commanders has been “assassinated” outside of his home in southern Beirut, blaming Israel for his killing. A stateme...
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Bolshoi dancer gets 6 years for attack
MOSCOW (AP)—Bolshoi dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday for his role in an acid attack on the ballet company’s artistic director, after a trial that at times...
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Ending cram-free schooling helped scores
The recovery in Japan’s ranking in the Program for International Student Assessment indicates a steady improvement of students’ abilities thanks to the government’s policy shift from “cram-fr...
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Japan’s PISA rankings improve in 2013
Fifteen-year-old Japanese students in 2012 showed improved reading, applied scientific and mathematical skills in international academic aptitude tests compared to three years earlier, the Organizatio...
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‘Amachan’ building to be demolished
MORIOKA—A 50-year-old building that appeared in NHK’s hit morning TV drama “Amachan” is set to be demolished, saddening fans who plan to visit places linked to the show.
The Kuji Ekimae Bir...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Tofu makers in a pinch as soybean prices surge
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The Nihongo Way / Dec. 2
◆DIALOGUE OVERVIEW◆
This is the romaji transcription of the conversation in the box above.
J-1: Toki no tatsu no wa hayai desu nee. Moo Shiwasu desu yo.
U-1: E? Shiwasu? Sore, nan desu ka?
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Learning Japanese from the news / ‘Bargains’ on Rakuten mall fraudently priced
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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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Tokyo English teachers to study abroad for Olympics
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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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Volcanic eruption raises new islet amid Ogasawara Islands
A volcanic eruption has created a new islet near Nishinoshima island in Tokyo’s Ogasawara chain, the Japan Coast Guard has announced.
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Japan, U.S. to up Senkaku surveillance
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Princess Masako attends more official functions
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Kennedy steps into new limelight
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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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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...