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Abe Wants Tighter Japan-France Maritime Security Cooperation

October 18, 2018

Paris- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his country’s willingness on Wednesday to strengthen maritime security cooperation with France. “The two countries’ cooperation is more important than ever as the international order is being challenged,” Abe told a joint press

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EXCLUSIVE: Saitama Police Officers to Have Paternity Handbooks

October 18, 2018

Saitama- The Saitama prefectural police department plans soon to start distributing paternity handbooks to male officers and staff workers to encourage them to take part in child-rearing, Jiji Press has learned. At the department, more male officers are taking parental

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EXCLUSIVE: Diet to Be Convened for Extra Session from Oct. 24

October 18, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government unveiled a plan on Wednesday to convene the Diet, the country’s parliament, for an extraordinary session from Oct. 24, aiming to get a fiscal 2018 supplementary budget enacted soon to promote restoration and reconstruction measures following

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Hidden Scenic “Kurobe Route” To Be Open to Public

October 18, 2018

Tokyo- Kansai Electric Power Co. and the Toyama prefectural government have agreed to open to the public a route between Keyakidaira Station, the terminal station of the Kurobe Gorge Railway, and the famed Kurobe Dam, as early as fiscal 2024,

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Japanese Judge Reprimanded for Social Media Post for 1st Time

October 18, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Supreme Court decided Wednesday to reprimand a 52-year-old judge for a controversial social media post earlier this year. Kiichi Okaguchi is the first Japanese judge to be reprimanded over a social media post. He was slapped with lighter

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Crested Ibises from China Arrive at Sado

October 18, 2018

Sado, Niigata Pref.- Two crested ibises from China arrived at Sado, an island of Niigata Prefecture, on Wednesday. It was the first time for China to give Japan an ibis since 2007 and the fourth time ever. Chinese Premier Li

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S. Korean Pres. Moon Unlikely to Visit Japan This Year

October 18, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government has decided not to make arrangements for a visit by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Japan at least until next year, government sources said Wednesday. The government had been asking Moon to visit Japan within

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Defense Ministry Counters Okinawa’s Move to Block Base Plan

October 17, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese Defense Ministry took steps on Wednesday to counter Okinawa Prefecture’s withdrawal of approval for landfill work necessary for the relocation of a U.S. military base within the southernmost prefecture. The ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bureau filed a request

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