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Lee sees limits to government action on wartime labor rulings

May 15, 2019

Tokyo–South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said Wednesday that there are “fundamental limitations” to his government’s ability to take measures demanded by Japan against the Supreme Court decision last year that ordered a Japanese company to pay compensation to South

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BOJ eyes no immediate additional easing: Kuroda

May 15, 2019

Tokyo–Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Wednesday that the central bank is not considering taking additional monetary easing steps immediately, despite growing uncertainty over the global economy, due partly to escalating U.S.-China trade friction. While indicating that the BOJ

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S. Korea should present solutions to tensions: Suga

May 15, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday that South Korea should present solutions to resolve rising tensions between the two nations. “Japan-South Korea relations are in an extremely difficult situation currently, but this is the result of repeated negative

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Trump informs Abe of plan to attend G-20 Summit in Osaka

May 15, 2019

Washington–U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he has informed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his plan to attend the Group of 20 summit in the western Japan city of Osaka on June 28-29. Trump convened the plan

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Police enhancing road safety education for kids after fatal accident in Otsu

May 15, 2019

Osaka–Japanese police are enhancing road safety education for children while stepping up efforts to raise drivers’ awareness in a bid to protect pedestrians from traffic accidents after a car rammed into a group of nursery toddlers and killed two in

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No further stimulus under consideration now: Aso

May 14, 2019

Tokyo–Despite signs of a faltering economy in Japan ahead of a consumption tax hike in October, the government is not considering any further stimulus measures at the moment, Finance Minister Taro Aso said Tuesday. Referring to negative economic implications from

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Justice Ministry launches permanent unit for emergency response

May 14, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s Justice Ministry has launched a special security squad for responding to riots and other emergencies at prisons and juvenile detention centers, Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita said at a press conference Tuesday. The 56-member squad, organized under the ministry’s Correction

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Japan to consider Hormuz Blockade Responses: Kono

May 14, 2019

Tokyo-Japan will consider ways to respond to Iran potentially closing off the Strat of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf amid US-Iran tensions, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Tuesday. “We want to consider seriously how to Respond If A Blockade Actually

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