July 28, 2021

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • July 28, 2021
  • , NHK, NTV, TV Asahi
  • JMH Summary

HEADLINES

Morning news

  • July 28, 2021
  • , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Motegi’s visits to Central America and Caribbean aimed to counter China

  • July 22, 2021
  • , Mainichi , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Russian premier’s visit to ‘Northern Territories’ unacceptable

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Nikkei Asia , 1:25 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Japan to offer additional $2.3 bil. loan for Manila subway project

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 9:41 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Japan gov’t worried about new nuclear safety myth

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 12:23 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Int’l panel begins talks on bluefin tuna catch quota expansion

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 12:36 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Taiwan’s TSMC eyes Kumamoto as site for 1st Japan chip plant

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 7:37 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

BOJ chief negative about prioritizing green bond buying

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 8:20 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Exclusive: Japan’s rice acreage to decrease in 2021

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 3:34 p.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

IMF downgrades Japan’s economic growth

  • July 28, 2021
  • , All national papers
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SECURITY

Okinawa asks U.S. Marines to stop conducting suspension drills

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
  • JMH Summary

SECURITY

Exclusive: Japan drawing up economic security legislation

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 6:23 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

Public security agency analyzes COVID-19’s impact on terrorism

  • July 23, 2021
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

Court finalizes ruling over unwarranted sanctions on Japanese base workers

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 24
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

Okinawa Assembly approves resolution calling for halt to suspension drills

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Okinawa Times , p. 2
  • JMH Translation

SECURITY

Japan eyes F-35B training drills on Izumo destroyer

  • July 27, 2021
  • , The Japan News , 4:06 p.m.
  • English Press

POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on July 27, 2021

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

LDP’s Osaka federation wary of close relations between Suga and Ishin

  • July 22, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

POLITICS

Exclusive: Training facility eyed in Okinawa for remote island security

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 5:20 p.m.
  • English Press

POLITICS

Opposition lawmaker Honda to resign over consent age comments

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 9:47 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Japan’s 1st commercial quantum computer starts operating

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 9:20 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Japan successfully tests rocket engine propelled by new technology

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 2:43 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Honda cleans up beaches with farm-inspired technology

  • July 27, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 7:12 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

New COVID-19 cases skyrocket in Tokyo metropolitan area

  • July 28, 2021
  • , All national papers
  • JMH Summary

SCIENCE

Vaccination of medical workers completed

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Yomiuri, Nikkei
  • JMH Summary

SCIENCE

SOCIETY

Tokyo governor urges young people to get vaccinated

  • July 28, 2021
  • , NHK
  • JMH Summary

SOCIETY

CCS Kato says reinvestigation into origin of COVID-19 critical

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Sankei , p. 4
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

MOFA expert panel holds first meeting to discuss business and human rights

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Mainichi , p. 5
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Newspaper readers seek COVID-19 vaccine information

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Yomiuri , p. 31
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

FEATURE: Foreign media accept Tokyo Olympic COVID rules, rue missed chances

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 10:26 a.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

1st Japanese citizen in Myanmar dies of COVID-19: embassy

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Kyodo News , 9:15 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Infographic: Trends in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo in 2021

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Infographic: Status of gov’t indicators for COVID-19 in Tokyo (July 27, 2021)

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Infographic: Five COVID-19 indicators for 11 key prefectures (July 26, 2021)

  • July 27, 2021
  • , NHK digital , 9:47 p.m.
  • JMH Translation

SOCIETY

Tokyo logs net population outflow for 2nd month in row

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 4:34 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Editorial: Japan should redo Battleship Island exhibit to UNESCO’s liking

  • July 27, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 12:38 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Jomon ruins in Japan added to UNESCO world heritage list

  • July 27, 2021
  • , Jiji Press , 8:30 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Panel won’t look at changing rule that only men can be emperor

  • July 27, 2021
  • , The Asahi Shimbun , 6:20 p.m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Cartoon: Sign of the times

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Asahi , p. 12
  • JMH Translation

SOCIAL MEDIA

Favorable tweets outnumber negative ones after the opening of Olympics

  • July 28, 2021
  • , Nikkei , p. 3
  • JMH Translation
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