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Turkish President Erdogan to visit Japan from Thursday

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Japan for six days from Thursday. Erdogan will attend the Group of 20 summit in the western Japan city of Osaka on Friday and Saturday, and

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Trump muses about ending Japan-U.S. Security Pact: Report

June 25, 2019

Washington–U.S. President Donald Trump, in a recent private conversation, touched on the possibility of ending the longstanding Japan-U.S. security treaty, Bloomberg reported Monday. Trump regards the accord, first signed more than 60 years ago, as too one-sided because it promises

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Japan’s Motegi denies early farm deal with U.S.

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi denied again on Tuesday the possibility of an early farm tariff deal with the United States as part of bilateral trade negotiations. “There will be no partial agreement. It will be a package agreement,”

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Opposition submits no-confidence motion against Abe cabinet

June 25, 2019

Tokyo-The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and four other opposition forces jointly introduced a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet in the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Tuesday. The motion, submitted to the House of Representatives, the lower chamber

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Japan to conduct survey to boost number of women in science

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s Cabinet Office will conduct a nationwide survey of female junior high and high school students and their parents to consider ways to boost the number of women studying and working in science. Female students in Japan often steer clear

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Tourist sites still struggling a week after Niigata quake

June 25, 2019

Murakami, Niigata Pref.–Hot spring resorts and other tourist sites in Niigata and Yamagata prefectures are still reeling from a powerful earthquake that rocked the northeastern Japan area a week ago. The earthquake, which occurred on the night of June 18,

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Japan opens new website on agriculture, forestry, fisheries

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japan has launched a new website on agriculture, forestry and fisheries, targeting people with little connection to such businesses, including young people as well as the disabled and retired. With the website, called “aff-terrace,” the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and

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Japan aims to make computer available to every student

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japan aims to make a computer terminal available to every student at school by around fiscal 2025, the education ministry said Tuesday. The target is included in the ministry’s new plan to improve the educational environment through the use of

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