EXCLUSIVE: Aso, Mnuchin to Meet in Washington on April 25

April 19, 2019

Tokyo- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso is planning to visit Washington on April 25 for talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Jiji Press learned on Thursday. A proposed provision aimed at preventing competitive currency devaluations will likely be high

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Golden Week Passengers at Narita Seen Hitting Record for 4th Yr

April 19, 2019

Narita, Chiba Pref.- The number of international flight users per day at Narita International Airport during Japan’s Golden Week holiday period is seen hitting a record high for the fourth consecutive year in 2019, the airport’s operator said Friday. The

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Trump to Visit Japan on May 25-28

April 19, 2019

Tokyo- The Japanese government on Friday decided to invite U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, to Japan as state guests for four days from May 25. They will be the first state guests to meet with the new

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Japan checking cultural assets after Notre Dame fire

April 17, 2019

Tokyo–Japan has launched an emergency inspection of fireproofing and other measures at national treasures and important cultural properties in the country in the wake of Monday’s fire that heavily damaged historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide

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Quake-hit areas picked for kumamoto “One Piece” statues

April 17, 2019

Kumamoto–Kumamoto Prefecture has picked eight municipalities hit hard by a series of powerful earthquakes in April 2016 to place statues of main characters from popular manga series “One Piece,” Ikuo Kabashima, governor of the southwestern Japan prefecture, said Wednesday. The

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New swine fever case confirmed in Central Japan

April 17, 2019

Gifu, April 17 (Jiji Press)–The Gifu prefectural government said Wednesday a new swine fever case has been confirmed at a farm in the central Japan prefecture. Some 9,600 pigs raised at the farm in Ena will be slaughtered. This is

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EXCLUSIVE: JAL official arrested for child prostitution

April 17, 2019

Tokyo–Police arrested on Wednesday a Japan Airlines senior official on suspicion of committing an indecent act with a female junior high school student in exchange for money. Tatsuya Yokozeki, the 57-year-old head of the company’s operation control department, was arrested

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EXCLUSIVE: Japanese man shot dead at Sao Paulo home

April 17, 2019

Sao Paulo–A Japanese man was fatally shot in his chest by a burglar at his house in Sao Paulo on Monday, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. The shooting of Masaaki Hayama, 67, occurred around 8:30 p.m. Monday (11:30 p.m. GMT) in

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