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Japan’s FY 2019 Draft Budget Likely to Total 101 T. Yen

December 13, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to draw up a record draft general-account budget of around 101 trillion yen for fiscal 2019, informed sources said Thursday. The initial budget scale will surpass 100 trillion yen for the first time ever due in

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EXCLUSIVE: Some Facilities for “Daijosai” Imperial Ceremony to Be Scaled Down

December 13, 2018

Tokyo–The Imperial Household Agency plans to scale down “Omi-no-Akusha” makeshift facilities in the “Daijosai” ceremony related to Crown Prince Naruhito’s enthronement next year from those used in the last such ceremony 30 years ago, informed sources told Jiji Press on

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27.47-T.-Yen Budget Eyed for Japan’s Next Defense Program

December 13, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to set the budget for its next medium-term defense buildup program from fiscal 2019 at a record high of 27.47 trillion yen, informed sources said Thursday. The figure for the five-year program will be up from

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Tokyo-Hokkaido Shinkansen Travel to Take Less Than 4 Hours

December 13, 2018

Sapporo–The time needed to travel between Tokyo and Hokkaido on a Shinkansen bullet train is set to fall below four hours. Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, said Wednesday that the fastest train on the Hokkaido and Tohoku Shinkansen lines

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December 13, 2018

China, Guangzhou — Kenji Momota respond to cheers by starting a white star in men’s singles. Jiji Press

December 13, 2018

Professional baseball. Contract renewal Tokyo Minato-ku–Yakult’s Ishiyama Yasuki pitcher. Jiji Press

December 13, 2018

Takayama Tadayoshi Medical Dean, Chairman of the University of Tokyo, who will hold a press conference on inappropriate entrance examination and apologize at Tokyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo. Jiji Press

“Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” to Get Kabuki Remake

December 12, 2018

Tokyo–Shochiku Co. said Wednesday that it will remake “Kaze no Tani no Naushika” (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind), a manga series by Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, into a kabuki traditional theater performance. Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke V will

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