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Over 50 pct of Fatal Air Accidents in Japan Linked to Choppers

October 25, 2018

Tokyo- Of all victims in fatal aircraft accidents that occurred in Japan between 2007 and September this year, 55, or 56 pct, were killed in helicopter accidents, according to the Japan Transport Safety Board. In 2017, the death toll from

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Chubu Electric Contractor Tampers Power Leakage Test Data

October 25, 2018

Nagoya- An association of electrical engineering companies in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, said Wednesday that inspectors belonging to the group have manipulated power leakage survey data for condominiums in the service areas of Chubu Electric Power Co.. Data manipulation may

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MOF Wants Defense Equipment Costs to Be Cut by 1 T. Yen

October 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Ministry of Finance advised on Wednesday a cut of at least one trillion yen in defense equipment procurement spending over the next five years. The ministry presented the proposal at a meeting of a subcommittee of its Fiscal

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Abe Shows Eagerness for Constitution Revision Proposals

October 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed eagerness in a policy speech on Wednesday to submit proposals by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to revise the constitution to the Diet, the country’s parliament. His first policy speech since he won

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Japanese Journalist Yasuda Leaves Turkey for Home

October 25, 2018

Istanbul, Turkey- Japanese freelance journalist Junpei Yasuda, who was released from militant captivity in Syria, left Turkey on Thursday for Japan. Yasuda, 44, is scheduled to arrive at Narita International Airport near Tokyo in the evening on the same day.

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Renewed Monument Commemorating Dojima Rice Exchange Unveiled

October 24, 2018

Osaka- The Osaka Exchange unveiled in a ceremony on Wednesday a renewed monument at the site where the Dojima rice exchange used to stand in the western Japan city of Osaka. The new monument was built to represent the history

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Japan Govt to Hold Unified Exams to Hire Disabled People in Feb.

October 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s National Personnel Authority said Wednesday that it will in February hold the first-ever unified examinations for hiring disabled people as regular national government workers. The government personnel management agency decided to take the unprecedented move after it came

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Japan Criticizes Killing of Saudi Journalist

October 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denounced Wednesday the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate-general in Istanbul, Turkey. “We strongly criticize the killing, due to its relationship with freedom of expression and freedom of the

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