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Okinawa marks 74 years after end of fierce ground battle

June 23, 2019

Itoman, Okinawa Pref.–Residents in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, mourned those who died in the Battle of Okinawa in the final phase of World War II, on the 74th anniversary on Sunday of the end of the fierce ground battle. A

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Abe to start summit diplomacy on coccasion of G-20 leaders’ meeting

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to start summit diplomacy on the occasion of a meeting of leaders from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies, scheduled to take place in the western Japan city of Osaka for

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EXCLUSIVE: Job exam applicants at Japan’s 47 prefectures down for 8 years in row

June 23, 2019

Tokyo–The number of people, mainly university and graduate school students graduating next spring, who applied to take recruitment exams for civil service jobs at Japan’s 47 prefectures starting in fiscal 2020 fell 10.8 pct from the previous year to 53,369,

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World War II Battle of Okinawa memorial

June 23, 2019

Residents offer prayers for the victims of the World War II Battle of Okinawa at the Cornerstone of Peace in Itoman, Japanese southern island of Okinawa, 23 June 2019. Okinawa holds a memorial service on 23 June for more than

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Team identifies birds in 3 Nazca drawings

June 23, 2019

Sapporo–A team including researchers from the Hokkaido University Museum has identified two of the birds in 16 geoglyphs in the Nazca Lines in southern Peru, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as pelicans and one as a hook-billed hermit, a type

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Russia has no plan to hand over isles to Japan: Putin

June 23, 2019

Moscow–Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that his country has no plan to hand over four Russian-held northwestern Pacific islands to Japan, according to a Russian national television program aired Saturday. In an interview with Putin, a reporter, who claimed

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Japanese Lawmakers to Support UN Crime Congress in Kyoto

June 20, 2019

Tokyo- Nearly 100 Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers met in Tokyo Wednesday to form a group aiming at supporting the UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Crime Justice in Kyoto, western Japan, in April 2020. The Crime Congress “should be the

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Abe Says Not Considering Snap Election

June 20, 2019

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that he has no intention of calling a snap election for the all-important House of Representatives. “The word ‘dissolution’ is not even in the back of my mind,” Abe said during a

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