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Japanese minister hails TEPCO decision on foreign workers

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese labor minister Takumi Nemoto Thursday welcomed a decision by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. not to use foreign workers for nuclear plant decommissioning work. “This is an appropriate decision,” Nemoto said at a parliamentary committee meeting. On Tuesday,

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Japan ruling, opposition parties agree on Child Abuse Legislation

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties reached an agreement on Thursday to modify legislation aimed at revising laws against child abuse. The agreement paved the way for the Diet, the country’s parliament, to pass the legislation during its current session set

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Trump’s Japan visit to destroyer stronger Alliance: US Official

May 23, 2019

Washington–A visit to Japan by U.S. President Donald Trump, set to start Saturday, will demonstrate a stronger alliance between the two countries, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday. The visit “demonstrates that the alliance between the United States and

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Nearly 88 percent of Japan police interrogations fully taped in FY 2018

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese police fully taped 87.6 pct of their interrogations in criminal cases subject to lay judge trials in fiscal 2018, a National Police Agency survey showed on Thursday. The police across the country, on a trial basis, started full audio

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Pretrial procedures start for Carlos Ghosn case

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Pretrial conference procedures for an aggravated breach of trust case involving former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn started at Tokyo District Court on Thursday, in the presence of Ghosn himself. Before a crowd of reporters, Ghosn, 65, arrived at

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Russia held missile firing exercise on disputed isle last Autumn

May 23, 2019

Moscow–Russia carried out a missile firing exercise last autumn on one of the four islands at the center of its territorial row with Japan, a Russian defense ministry newspaper reported Wednesday. The Bal advanced surface-to-ship missile system was used in

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Half of Russians say disputed isles will stay part of Russia

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–A poll has found that 53 pct of Russians think that the four Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan are and will remain part of Russia, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has said. The percentage was unchanged from the previous

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Tokyo aiming to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–The Tokyo metropolitan government has set a goal of achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions in the Japanese capital by 2050 to fight global warming. This is more ambitious than the Japanese government’s goal of achieving zero emissions effectively early in

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