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Japan places numerical limits on pilots’ alcohol levels

January 31, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s transport ministry on Thursday started applying numerical criteria on airline pilots’ alcohol levels. The move follows a string of cases in which passenger flights operated by Japanese airlines were delayed due to pilots’ drinking. Under the new rules, the

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Panel strictly reexamining labor survey flaws: Abe

January 31, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that a third-party special panel is now strictly reexamining the flawed labor survey that is at the center of the government’s statistics scandal. “I’m taking seriously criticism of the statistics irregularities and will

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Apparent body part of missing female student found in Ibaraki Pref.

January 31, 2019

Kamisu, Ibaraki Pref.–A body part apparently of a missing Tokyo female university student, 19, has been found in a crop field in the city of Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of the Japanese capital, investigative sources said Thursday. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police

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Ibaraki Pref. to certify LGBT couples as partners

January 31, 2019

Mito, Ibaraki Pref.–The government of Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, is considering introducing a system for LGBT, or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, couples to be treated in the same way as married couples, it has been learned. The prefecture will

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Japan, S. Korea weathering “tough period”: senior U.S. official

January 31, 2019

Washington–Relations between Japan and South Korea “are weathering a tough period,” a senior U.S. government official said Wednesday. “We believe that now more than ever, it is crucial to ensure that there are strong and close relationships” among the United

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Tokyo Olympic ticket prices unveiled

January 31, 2019

Tokyo–The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics unveiled Olympic ticket prices Wednesday, including the maximum price of 130,000 yen for the men’s 100-meter sprint final. The committee also said it will accept applications for ticket lotteries on

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EXCLUSIVE: Tokyo to test traffic control campaign before 2020 Olympics

January 30, 2019

Tokyo–The Tokyo metropolitan government is discussing plans to launch a campaign in summer this year to test measures aimed at controlling traffic volumes in the Japanese capital and prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, Jiji Press learned Wednesday.

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Japanese ballet dancer Miyako Yoshida to retire in Summer

January 30, 2019

Tokyo–World-renowned Japanese ballet dancer Miyako Yoshida on Wednesday revealed plans to retire as a professional dancer this summer. Her last performances will take place at Tokyo’s New National Theatre on Aug. 7-8. “I will dedicate my efforts to the last

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