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Japan to discuss new deadline for ending Futenma base operations

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government agreed Wednesday to discuss a new deadline for halting operations at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air base in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The agreement was made at a meeting in Tokyo of the Japanese government,

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New swine fever case confirmed in Central Japan

April 10, 2019

Nagoya–The Aichi prefectural government said Wednesday a new swine fever case has been confirmed in the city of Seto in the central Japan prefecture. The prefectural government will cull some 4,500 pigs kept at the farm where the latest case

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U.S. seeks access to Japan farm market exceeding TPP

April 10, 2019

Washington–U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday called for a trade accord with Japan that is more ambitious than the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade pact. “We hope very quickly we can get a trade agreement with Japan, a bilateral

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EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo police probing Uranium trade by high school boy

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo police are investigating suspected online trade of uranium by a 16-year-old high school boy in the Japanese capital, investigative sources have said. The boy may have violated the law regulating nuclear reactors and materials, according to the Metropolitan Police

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Ghosn’s wife to appeal in Tokyo Court for questioning

April 10, 2019

Tokyo–The wife of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is ready to appear in Tokyo District Court for questioning, a lawyer for Ghosn said Tuesday. The questioning may be conducted within this month, the lawyer said. When Ghosn, 65,

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to participate in U.S.-proposed Moon Base Project

April 10, 2019

Colorado Springs, Colorado–The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is preparing to announce by the end of this year its participation in a U.S.-led project to build a manned base in a lunar orbit, its president revealed Monday. JAXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa

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New swine fever case suspected in central Japan

April 9, 2019

Gifu–The Gifu prefectural government said Tuesday pigs suspected of being infected with swine fever were found at a pig farm in the city of Ena. The farm is the 14th facility in the central Japan prefecture where swine fever infection

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Less than half of Japanese prepared for disasters: survey

April 9, 2019

Tokyo–Less than 50 pct of Japanese are prepared for large-scale natural disasters, a private-sector survey has shown. The proportion of respondents who know the locations of facilities that would be used as shelters in times of disaster came to 48.1

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