My Number system bill clears Diet
The House of Councillors passed a bill for the so-called My Number system, in which unique numbers will be assigned to Japanese nationals to manage s...
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Nikkei closes up after rout, still volatile
The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average ended higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday after swinging wildly in another volatile session right on the ...
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N. Korea envoy 'offers N-talks' / Tries to mend fences with long-time ally
BEIJING (AP)--A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing’s wishes by offering to renew nuclea...
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Hashimoto's remarks upset Nippon Ishin no Kai campaigns
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Fruity paradise
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My Number system becomes law, but questions remain
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Lenovo boasts record sales, profits
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BOJ chief wants interest rates stable
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Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View
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Govt seeks concrete actions from N. Korea
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English Language and the Japanese: Journalism and Beyond / Following the leads t...
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English Language and The Japanese: Initiative for Change / Can TOEFL reform Japa...
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Life or death--a dad's heart opens to disabled son's fight for survival
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INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Government needs different tack on improving English education
Last month I wrote about the folly of the Liberal Democratic Party's proposal to make the TOEFL exam a requirement for both entering and graduating from Japanese universities in the future. This month...
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Amari: Abenomics 'progressing steadily'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policy package known as Abenomics “has been making progress steadily,” Akira Amari, state minister for economic and fiscal policy, said in a news conference...
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Govt, India to restart talks on N-power
Japan and India will likely restart negotiations for a bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy development, according to sources. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to meet with Ind...
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Hashimoto's remarks upset Nippon Ishin no Kai campaigns
Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Restoration Party) coleader Toru Hashimoto’s remark on so-called comfort women last week has negatively affected campaigns for the upcoming Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly an...
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Hashimoto meeting canceled
OSAKA (Jiji Press)--Two South Korean women who were so-called comfort women during wartime canceled a meeting Friday with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto in protest against his recent remarks. In a state...
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Judo official to quit over sexual harassment
A director of the All Japan Judo Federation expressed his intention to resign from his post, to take responsibility for sexually assaulting a former female judoka in 2011. “Though I was drunk, I r...
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Horse racing bet ruling 'exceptional'
The Osaka District Court’s upholding of a defendant’s claim that losing horse-racing bets should be regarded as expenses would not necessarily apply to all other gamblers, experts warn. In its r...
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Fruity paradise
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Cabinet OKs bills to boost regenerative medicine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet on Friday adopted bills aimed at promoting regenerative medicine using cutting-edge technologies such as induced pluripotent stem cells. One new bill would obli...
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Abe leaves for talks with Myanmar leaders
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Myanmar on Friday afternoon for talks with government and opposition leaders there. Abe, the first Japanese prime minister to visit the Southeast Asian nation in 3...
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INDIRECTLY SPEAKING / Government needs different tack on improving English education
Last month I wrote about the folly of the Liberal Democratic Party's proposal to make the TOEFL exam a requirement for both entering and graduating from Japanese universities in the future. This month...
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JAPANESE FOR LAZY PEOPLE
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MUSINGS
The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s May 17 issue. The late actor Shoichi Ozawa was once invited to the wedding party of an acquaintance. After lea...
Culture
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Cosmic pursuit / Potter follows father's footsteps to reproduce rare teabowls
SETO, Aichi--Think of them as a tiny universe that fits in the palm of your hand. When illuminated, lapis lazuli-colored spots glitter like miniature galaxies on the blackish glaze inside Yohen Tenmo...
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Pianist Koyama grows more emotive with time
Critically acclaimed pianist Michie Koyama has arrived at a new stage in her career, and her latest release Chaconne, on Sony Music Entertainment Inc., is proof. The album contains five pieces that s...
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Innovative bunraku piece to show in Europe
A complete version of Sonezaki Shinju (The Love Suicides at Sonezaki), a seminal piece of traditional bunraku puppet theater, will be performed in Europe this autumn by master puppeteers and feature ...
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TEPCO seeks reactor restart / Resuming Niigata plant seen key to stable power supply
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has decided to apply to the nuclear regulating body to restart two reactors at its nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture by the end of July, after revised safety standard...
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Kono remark twisted 'comfort women' issue
A statement in 1993 by then Chief Cabinet Secretary Yohei Kono that suggested the government admitted forced recruitment of so-called comfort women aggravated what had already become a diplomatic pro...
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Abe clarifies history stance / Suffering of Asian nations recognized
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Japanese slaves crossed Pacific / Taken to Mexico in 16th century
A rare document has been found that records the transport of Japanese people to Mexico as slaves in the late 16th century, the first documentation of Japanese people crossing the Pacific Ocean.
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In the News / Mikko Koivumaa / Finnish 'ikumen' dazzles Japan
For Mikko Koivumaa, the Japanese buzzword "ikumen" was a surprise. The Finnish diplomat encountered the word, which means a father who actively takes part in raising a child, soon after arriving in ...
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100,000 yen care robots are coming / Subsidies to aid development; units could be cheaply rented
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Govt honors baseball greats / Nagashima, Matsui presented with People's Award
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Computers make their move / Exploring AI and the human minds behind it through shogi
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Mt. Fuji to get World Heritage nod
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Groundwater levels rising in Tokyo
