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 stati...
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TPP nations ax goal of deal this year
SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Japan, the United States and 10 other countries in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks ended a four-day ministerial meetin...
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Analysis / Kim concentrates power in his hands
SEOUL/BEIJING—By purging his right-hand man, Jang Song Thaek, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revamped the power structure only two years after the...
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Protesters, police in Kiev clash
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Economy watchers’ sentiment improves in Nov.
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Group C opener a ‘crucial’ hurdle for Samurai Blue
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Torre, La Russa, Cox elected to HOF
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McCown, Bears leave ’Boys in the cold
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Nuggets grind out frugal win
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Miracle shot caps Miyazato’s 1st win
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Finer details of secrecy protection law still murky
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Japan, China, ROK to discuss pollution
Japan, China and South Korea will hold their first policy dialogue to discuss air pollution issues in Beijing on March 20 and 21, Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said Tuesday. Environment mi...
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ANA announces new Haneda slots
All Nippon Airways has announced it will add six new international destinations to its current 10, and its daytime departures and arrivals at Haneda Airport will be increased by 40 from March 30. Th...
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Protesters, police in Kiev clash
KIEV (AP)—Riot police and antigovernment protesters confronted one another throughout the night on the snow-slicked streets of Ukraine’s capital and a top opposition party said heavily armed secu...
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Business sentiment among major firms remains positive
Business sentiment among major companies fell back in October-December after hitting a record high in the previous quarter, a quarterly government survey showed Tuesday. The business sentiment index...
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Tankan likely to again show improvement
Private think tanks expect the Bank of Japan’s Tankan quarterly survey to show an improvement in business sentiment among the country’s large manufacturers for the fourth straight quarter. All ...
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Corporate bankruptcy hit 23-yr low
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan dropped 10.5 percent in November from a year before to 862, the lowest for the month since 1990, when the figure stood at 633, according to Tokyo Shoko R...
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Japan to sell aluminum stake to Indonesia
A Japanese company has agreed to sell its stake in an aluminum joint venture in Sumatra to the Indonesian government to end the symbolic project for economic cooperation between the two Asian nations...
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Economy watchers’ sentiment improves in Nov.
Sentiment among so-called economy watchers in the nation improved for the first time in two months in November, reflecting growing appetite for luxury goods, cars and home electronics, the Cabinet Of...
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Nikkei Average Turns Lower on Profit-Taking
The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average pulled back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, dampened by selling to lock in profits after the previous day’s surge. The 225-issue Nikkei average retreated...
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S&P 500 index notches another record close on food-sector deal
NEW YORK (AP)—The stock market notched another record close Monday after a big acquisition in the food industry. Hope for a longer-term budget deal in Washington also helped. Food distributor Sys...
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Learning Japanese from the news / Skyscraper built at site of terrorism
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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Let's try! 算数の英語
算数を英語で楽しく学ぶ「Let’s try! 算数の英語」。今回は分数を使った計算の問題です。
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Christmas is around the corner.
The Christmas tree in Akiko’s...
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Leaders on the podium / ケネディ大統領の演説にあふれた「純真なアメリカ」
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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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Albania agrees to destroy Syria weapons
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INTERVIEW WITH AMBASSADOR KENNEDY / U.S. ‘has no truer friend than Japan’
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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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Kennedy steps into new limelight
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Princess Masako attends more official functions
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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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Lower house pushes through state secret protection bill
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Kennedy arrives in Japan as new U.S. ambassador
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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...