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Shipping industry finds course in automated navigation

The shipping and shipbuilding industries are focusing their efforts on automated navigation systems, aiming to resolve such issues as the aging of seafarers and chronic staff shortages. An ongoing government-supported project is expected to be put into practical use by 2025.

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Postal voting fails to take root amid pandemic

Coronavirus cases are rising nationwide amid the campaign for the House of Councillors election. On June 22, the day campaigning officially began, about 100,000 coronavirus patients were self-isolating at home or overnight care facilities.

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Zelenskyy calls for support in online lecture at Toyo University

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on students to support efforts for peace during an online lecture at Toyo University in Tokyo on Monday.

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Chinese, Russian naval ships spotted near Senkaku islands

Chinese and Russian naval ships were seen navigating near the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday morning, the Defense Ministry has announced.

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Office gear rules get top-level look in China

High-ranking Chinese officials are drafting a new security regulation that would require multifunctional office equipment procured by that country's national and local governments to be designed and developed domestically, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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Beijing draft demands devices be designed, made in China

The Chinese government is set to require overseas manufacturers of multifunctional office equipment to design and manufacture such products in China, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. Devices such as printers, scanners and other products that fail to meet the requirements are likely to be excluded from submitting tenders to central…

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Tokyo Tower maps out summer scenes

Fireworks and other traditional summer motifs can be seen in a projection mapping event currently underway at Tokyo Tower.

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Drone delivers fertilized Wagyu eggs

SAPPORO -- Delivery of unfrozen, freshly fertilized eggs of Wagyu cattle using an unmanned drone has been tested in Kami-Shihoro, Hokkaido.

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U.S. investment fund eyes Sogo & Seibu

U.S. investment fund Fortress Investment Group LLC has obtained a preferential negotiation right to purchase major department store chain Sogo & Seibu Co., The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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Rooftop revels

Mugs of beer are raised in a beer garden on the rooftop of the Suntory Holdings Ltd. head office building in Osaka on Saturday. Many beer gardens closed over the past two years due to the pandemic, but they are now bustling with customers as the summer season gets off…

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Yamagata Shinkansen turns 30

YAMAGATA -- Train fans and officials gathered at JR Yamagata Station on Saturday to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Yamagata Shinkansen line.

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Latest Tankan survey signals further price increases

Dampened business sentiment in the Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey has been linked to factors including the sharp depreciation of the yen, which has pushed up the prices of imports, leading to soaring material costs.

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National tax revenues hit record high 67 trillion yen. last fiscal year

National general account tax revenues for fiscal 2021 totaled approximately 67 trillion yen, marking a record high for the second consecutive year, The Yomiuri Shimbun learned on Friday. This is an increase of 6.2 trillion yen from the 60.8 trillion yen revenues for fiscal 2020, which had been the largest…

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June temperatures break records in 44 prefectures

The nation experienced its hottest June in history last month, with the Japan Meteorological Agency announcing Friday that 44 of the 47 prefectures recorded their highest-ever temperatures for the month.

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Putin orders Sakhalin-2 asset transfer to Russian company

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a presidential decree ordering the operator of an oil and gas development project in the Russian Far East -- known as the Sakhalin-2 project -- to hand over all of its assets to a newly established Russian firm without compensation.

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Political Pulse / Price stability a long-unsolved conundrum for Japan

"Irrational exuberance" is a phrase widely used to warn about the risks of a bubble-like stock market.

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Govt pushes for nationwide power-conservation efforts

The government on Friday asked households and businesses nationwide to reduce electricity consumption while going about their daily lives and economic activities through the end of September.

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U.N.'s Guterres to visit Hiroshima

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend this year's peace commemoration ceremony to be held in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, the day the atomic bomb was dropped on the city, according to a city government source.

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COVID-19 cases rising nationwide

COVID-19 cases are trending upward across Japan, according to a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry advisory panel monitoring the status of the pandemic.

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Restarted plant helps ease electricity crunch

The restarting of a power plant allowed the government to lift its power crunch advisory for the Kanto region on Thursday evening, after four consecutive days of warnings amid a heat wave that has stretched the electrical grid.

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Kishida aims to enhance Japan's links with NATO

MADRID -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as the first leader of Japan to attend a NATO summit, expressed Tokyo's intention to strengthen cooperation with the alliance on Wednesday.

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Ruling parties solid on postelection allies

The results of a Yomiuri Shimbun survey of candidates running in the upcoming House of Councillors election suggest that those running for the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito have a strong mutual hope to cooperate with each other after the election, while many candidates from opposition parties…

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Candidates prioritize economy, security

"The economy and employment" is the most important issue for candidates running in the upcoming House of Councillors election, followed by "diplomacy and security," according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.

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Govt lifts evacuation order in part of Okuma

The government lifted on Thursday morning an evacuation order for part of the town of Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, which has been designated as a difficult-to-return zone since the nuclear accident in March 2011.

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Ocean view

Moving images of colorful fish surround a visitor at Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa aquarium in Minato Ward, Tokyo. The aquarium's Ryugu Festival features a projection mapping installation, with images beamed onto the walls and floor that react to the movement of visitors. The event officially starts Friday and will run…

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