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Trump Reported to Wait until after Japan Election for Trade Deal

May 26, 2019

Tokyo- U.S. President Donald Trump, now on a four-day visit to Japan, said on Twitter on Sunday that he will wait until after a Japanese parliamentary election this summer, for concluding the two countries’ ongoing trade negotiations. “Much will wait

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4 Missing after Freighters Collide off Eastern Japan

May 26, 2019

Tokyo- Two Japanese freighters collided off Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, early Sunday, with one of them sinking and four of the five crew members of the ill-fated ship going missing. Patrol ships and helicopters from the Japan Coast Guard are

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Komeito Agrees to Support Osaka Metropolis Plan

May 26, 2019

Osaka- The Komeito party’s local chapter in Osaka Prefecture agreed Saturday to support an administrative reorganization plan of Osaka Ishin no Kai, a regional party based in the western Japan prefecture. They also agreed to draw up a concrete design

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Japanese architect receives the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize

May 25, 2019

Japanese architect, Arata Isozaki, reacts as he is honoured after being awarded the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize, at the Versailles Orangerie (L?Orangerie du Château de Versailles), south west of the French capital Paris on May 24, 2019. (Photo by STEPHANE

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Japan aims to standardize biodegradable plastic materials

May 25, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to launch a public-private initiative to standardize plastic materials that can be degraded by marine microbes, with the aim of promoting such biodegradable materials, according to informed sources. The move comes as the fight against marine

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Bolton calls North Korea missile launches breach of U.N. resolutions

May 25, 2019

Tokyo–John Bolton, national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, on Saturday criticized North Korea’s firing of short-range ballistic missiles earlier this month as a breach of U.N. Security Council resolutions against the country. He is the first high-ranking Trump

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Copy of Reiwa calligraphy goes on display

May 25, 2019

Tokyo- A copy of the calligraphic work used to announce the name of Japan’s new era, Reiwa, went on display at the National Archives of Japan on Saturday. The copy, printed on the same kind of traditional Japanese paper as

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Japan – U.S. diplomacy

May 25, 2019

US President Donald Trump (C) speaks during a meeting with business leaders in Tokyo on May 25, 2019. – US President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on May 25 for a four-day trip likely to be dominated by warm words

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