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Abe Visits Meiji Jingu Shrine

November 5, 2018

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu on Sunday, his first visit to the Shinto shrine since April 2014. Abe told reporters that he visited the shrine to mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of Japan’s 1868-1912

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Section of Tokyo’s Ring Road No. 2 Opened to Traffic

November 5, 2018

Tokyo, Nov. 4 (Jiji Press)–A section of Ring Road No. 2, a key route for transportation during the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games that connects the Japanese capital’s central and southeastern waterfront areas, was provisionally opened to traffic on

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Fukushima Pref. Holds Tree-Planting Event in Minamisoma

November 5, 2018

Minamisoma, Fukushima Pref.–The prefectural government of Fukushima has held a tree-planting event as part of its project to redevelop a coastal disaster prevention forest in Minamisoma. Some 3,100 people planted saplings of Japanese black pine and broadleaf trees at the

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Japan to Hold Off Decision on Female Imperial Branches

November 5, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese government plans to hold off a decision on whether to allow female members of the Imperial Family to establish branches of the family after marriages, informed sources said. The government will not launch in-depth discussions on the matter

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Journalists Allowed to View Japan-U.S. Exercise

November 5, 2018

Aboard USS Ronald Reagan–U.S. fighter jets performed takeoffs and landings on the USS Ronald Reagan nuclear-powered aircraft carrier as the U.S. military invited journalists to view the Keen Sword joint exercise with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in the western Pacific

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Yasaki-Torres chairman conferred Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

November 3, 2018

The Government of Japan announced on Saturday the conferment of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, on  Feliciano Torres, chairman of Yazaki-Torres Corporation, in recognition of his contribution to strengthening the economic relations between Japan

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Over 70 Pct Do Not Know “Nohaku” Tourism: Govt Survey

November 2, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese Cabinet Office survey showed Friday that more than 70 pct of respondents do not know about the government-led “nohaku” tourism program, in which people experience traditional life in local farming, forestry and fishing communities while staying at

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Japan Unable to Use Okinawa Port for Base Relocation Work

November 2, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Defense Ministry has been unable to gain approval for use of a port in Okinawa Prefecture related to landfill work necessary for relocating a U.S. base within the southernmost prefecture, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Friday. The ministry’s

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