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Get a whiff of this: Sony device measuring sense of smell may help diagnose Parkinson’s, dementia

Since the device makes olfactory measurement easy, it is expected to be useful in the early detection of Parkinson’s disease and dementia.

  • Published: October 19, 20227:12 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Japan to revise laws to offer relief for Unification Church victims

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also expressed his intention to start a probe into the Unification Church within the year, making it the first time the government will use its…

  • Published: October 19, 20227:10 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Kishida orders investigation of Unification Church

He has tasked Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka with determining if the religious group can be dissolved.

  • Published: October 18, 20226:10 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Authoritarian regime heightens danger of China invading Taiwan

Taiwan has little room to accept Xi’s vision of peaceful unification. This is because it has witnessed how the policy of one country, two systems in Hong Kong has been…

  • Published: October 18, 202211:02 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Japan to organize Sri Lanka creditors’ meeting over debt crisis

The meeting is expected to focus on measures to reduce debt payments and postpone repayment deadlines, among other related steps.

  • Published: October 18, 20229:18 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Provision of medical big data to be greatly expanded in Japan

With more information becoming available, the data is expected to be used to identify side effects of drugs that were not detected in pre-approval clinical trials.

  • Published: October 17, 20229:22 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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20 years on, ex-abductees call for rescue of other victims from North Korea

They were kidnapped by North Korea from July to Aug 1978 and spent about 24 years in the country until they were allowed to return home in 2002.

  • Published: October 17, 20229:02 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Authorities name North Korea hacker group, warn of attacks on Japanese crypto assets

It is unusual to name a suspected attacker before taking such actions as an arrest, but in this case, authorities have adopted a method called “public attribution,” using it…

  • Published: October 17, 20229:01 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Miyazaki craftsman creates wooden shochu keg that ‘transforms aroma, flavour’

Yukio Shiba, 77, creates his kegs using wood from yamazakura cherry trees and says it takes about a week for the wood’s flavour to permeate the distilled rice alcohol.

  • Published: October 17, 20229:00 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Japanese ramen shop offers ‘rahan’ noodle-free rice dishes

Many favorable comments were posted about the video featuring the dish, including, “I have waited for a dish like this.”

  • Published: October 17, 20228:30 am
  • Author Kento Hirata

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