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Female passers of Japan government job exam top 30 percent

June 25, 2019

Tokyo–Women accounted for 31.5 pct of those who passed Japan’s career-track national public servant examination in fiscal 2019, topping 30 pct for the first time, the National Personnel Authority said Tuesday. Of the 1,798 total passers, 567 were women. The

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Trump urges Japan, others to protect their own ships

June 25, 2019

Washington–U.S. President Donald Trump urged Monday Japan, China and other countries to protect their own ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a key crude oil shipping lane in the Middle East. “China gets 91 pct of its oil from

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Ibaraki Pref. to Recognize Same-Sex Couples as Partners

June 24, 2019

Mito, Ibaraki Pref.- Ibaraki Prefecture will launch a new scheme on July 1 to treat same-sex couples in the same manner as married ones, Kazuhiko Oigawa, governor of the eastern Japan prefecture, said Monday. Ibaraki will be the first prefecture

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Censure Motion against Abe Voted Down at Upper House

June 24, 2019

Tokyo- The ruling coalition on Monday voted down a censure motion against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. Meanwhile, the opposition camp is preparing to introduce a no-confidence motion

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Ex-Nissan Chm. Ghosn Attends Pretrial Procedures

June 24, 2019

Tokyo- Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn appeared at Tokyo District Court on Monday to attend pretrial procedures for allegedly under reporting his pay. The case also involves Nissan as a company and former Representative Director Greg Kelly, who

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Japan Institute Unveils Grilled Meat of Fully Cultured Eels

June 24, 2019

Tokyo- A Japanese government-linked institute has unveiled “kabayaki” grilled meat from eels artificially raised from fertilized eggs. The Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency showed the grilled eel to the media Friday, ahead of the midsummer Day of the Ox

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Japanese Empress Emerita undergoes cataract surgery on left eye

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Empress Emerita Michiko underwent cataract surgery on her left eye at a Tokyo hospital on Sunday. The operation was successful, and she returned to her residence at the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward in the Japanese capital in the

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Xi seen demonstrating ties with Japan at meeting with Abe

June 23, 2019

Beijing–Chinese President Xi Jinping apparently hopes to reconfirm with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at their expected meeting in Japan next week that relations between the two Asian neighbors have returned to a normal path. At the meeting that may

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