A desperate search for China's missing kids
XUZHOU, China--In front of a van plastered with pictures of about 100 children’s faces, Xiao Zhaohua and Wu Xinghu pleaded with passersby for help....
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100 schools to teach math, science in English
To help foster Japanese capable of successfully competing globally, the education ministry plans to designate about 100 high schools across the count...
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Japan Display to shift production back home
Japan Display Inc., the world’s largest maker of small- and medium-sized liquid crystal displays, is planning to partially relocate its production ...
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Uncertainty rampant over Net campaigning / Election board officials struggling t...
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Sound waves used against 'Chinese' sub
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Cool fan for the summer
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'Yokohama method' gains steam / Can others zap day care waiting lists?
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ANA plans to serve up Ippudo ramen
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New system to help defer bail
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Obama pledges support for Myanmar leader
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The perfect escort
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Pakistan's Sharif calls for Taliban talks
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Mourinho decides to make Real early exit
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Drug, medical device screening to get boost
The government plans to reinforce the system for screening medical devices and drugs, a move aimed at facilitating swift approval of newly developed drugs and devices to enhance the international com...
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Uncertainty rampant over Net campaigning / Election board officials struggling to explain changes
Election boards nationwide have been busy preparing for this summer’s House of Councillors election, particularly because Internet election campaigning will be partially liberalized starting with t...
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Sound waves used against 'Chinese' sub
A Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane used sound waves emitted from a sonobuoy against a submarine detected in the contiguous zone around Minami-Daitojima island in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday,...
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Japan, India to resume nuclear pact negotiations
The Japanese and Indian governments are set to resume negotiations on concluding a nuclear cooperation pact that would pave the way for Japan to export nuclear power plants to the South Asian country...
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Kyodo official fired over shady conduct
Kyodo News has dismissed the deputy chief of its general administration bureau and former personnel affairs division chief for meeting with a female student searching for a job and committing an inap...
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Upper house panel OK's Hague treaty
A House of Councillors committee approved Tuesday the nation’s entry into the Hague treaty on parental custody of children from failed international marriages. The upper house’s Foreign Affairs ...
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Narita Airport marks 35th anniversary
NARITA, Chiba (Jiji Press)--Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture marked the 35th anniversary of its opening Monday. The number of annual landing and takeoff slots at the airport was raised to 270,000 ...
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Cool fan for the summer
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'Yokohama method' gains steam / Can others zap day care waiting lists?
After reducing the nation’s largest number of children on day care center waiting lists to zero after just three years, the “Yokohama method”--with an endorsement from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
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ANA plans to serve up Ippudo ramen
All Nippon Airways will serve ramen from the popular Hakata Ippudo chain to first- and business-class customers on some international flights to and from Japan starting June 1, the airline has announ...
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The Nihongo Way (日本語流)
◆ DIALOGUE OVERVIEW ◆
This is a romaji transcription of the conversation in the box above.
U-1: Mada gogatsu na noni, moo natsu no yoo na tenki desu ne.
J-1: Soo desu ne. Kyoo wa natsu-mita...
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Onomato Pera Pera
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The following is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun's May 10 issue. *** His boss in the Occupation forces was giving a lecture on occupation policy at a prefectural g...
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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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Abe clarifies history stance / Suffering of Asian nations recognized
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a reply in the Diet, said, "Japan once caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many countries, particularly those of Asian nations," modifying his charact...
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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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100,000 yen care robots are coming / Subsidies to aid development; units could be cheaply rented
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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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Govt honors baseball greats / Nagashima, Matsui presented with People's Award
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Japan in Depth / N-export deal expected in Turkey
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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
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The United States on Monday reportedly positioned a destroyer off the South Korean coast to counter any possible North Korean missile strike. *** New vehicle sales in Japan in fiscal 2012 topped 5 m...
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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...