Japan Govt OKs Bill for Enthronement-Linked 10 Straight Holidays

November 13, 2018

Tokyo–The government at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday adopted a bill to allow Japan to have 10 successive holidays in line with Crown Prince Naruhito’s enthronement next year. The government hopes to submit to the ongoing extraordinary parliamentary session the

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MLB Players Lay Flowers at Cenotaph for Hiroshima A-Bomb Victims

November 13, 2018

Hiroshima–A group of U.S. Major League Baseball players has visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and laid flowers at the cenotaph for victims of the August 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima. The players, including Seattle

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Japanese Views of China Remain Overwhelmingly Negative

November 13, 2018

Washington–A survey by the Pew Research Center showed Monday that 78 pct of Japanese hold an unfavorable impression of China. Since hitting a peak of 93 pct in 2013, the proportion of Japanese with negative views of China has kept

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Jan. 4 Eyed as Option for Start of Japan Diet Session

November 13, 2018

<br /><br /> Tokyo–Japan’s government and Liberal Democratic Party are mulling the possibility of convening next year’s ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Jan. 4 in light of the ruling party’s strategy for a House of Conncillors

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Japan Emperor, Empress to Visit Quake-Hit Hokkaido on Thurs.

November 13, 2018

Tokyo–Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will take a day trip on Thursday to the town of Atsuma in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, which was hit hard by a powerful earthquake in September, according to their travel plan reported

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Japan to Promote Measures to Increase Disaster Resilience

November 12, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese government decided on Monday to promote emergency measures to increase the country’s resilience to natural disasters, in the wake of a succession of major disasters including massive flooding and powerful earthquakes earlier this year. The government’s Council on

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U.S. Navy Fighter Crashes off Okinawa: Japanese Officials

November 12, 2018

Naha–An F/A-18 fighter jet of the U.S. Navy crashed into waters southwest of Kitadaitojima, a southwestern Japan island in Okinawa Prefecture, around 11:45 a.m. Monday (2:45 a.m. GMT), Japanese officials said. The two crew members ejected and were safely rescued

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S. Koreans Visit Nippon Steel over Damages for Wartime Labor

November 12, 2018

Tokyo–Lawyers of South Korean plaintiffs Monday visited Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.’s <5401> head office in Tokyo to demand damages for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The company, however, refused to meet them. The lawyers plan

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