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Japan, Mekong Countries to Hold Summit on Tues.

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River will hold summit talks in Tokyo on Tuesday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Thursday. The leaders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam will attend the meeting, which

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U.S. Fund Urges Toshiba to Boost Buyback

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- U.S. investment fund King Street Capital Management LP has called on Toshiba Corp. <6502> to increase its planned share buyback and carry out the transaction early. King Street Capital, a major shareholder of the Japanese machinery maker, made the

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Japan’s Extra Diet Session May Open on Oct. 24

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- An extraordinary session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, may be convened on Oct. 24, earlier than initially expected, with the scheduling affected by the timing of a visit to China by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to informed sources.

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Japanese Carriers May Start Part of 5G Services Next Year

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- Three major Japanese mobile phone carriers have shown their intentions to launch part of their planned fifth-generation, or 5G, mobile communications services as early as 2019. The three–NTT Docomo Inc., KDDI Corp. and Softbank Group Corp.–explained their 5G policies

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Abe Allows Delayed Introduction of Constitutional Revision Draft

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his intention Wednesday to allow his Liberal Democratic party to only explain constitutional amendments it drafted during an extra Diet session expected to be convened in late October, it was learned Wednesday. Abe had

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U.S. Bipartisan Group Calls for Stronger U.S-Japan Security Ties

October 4, 2018

Washington- The United States and Japan should strengthen their security cooperation, including joint base operations by the U.S. military and the Japan Self-Defense Forces, to deal with threats from China, a group co-chaired by former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

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Japan to Send Relief Team to Disaster-Hit Indonesia

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- New Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya issued an order on Wednesday to dispatch a disaster relief team of around 50 Self-Defense Force personnel to Indonesia, which was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Japan will send a C-130

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EXCLUSIVE: MOF Downplaying Effects of Preventive Care

October 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Ministry of Finance will warn at a panel meeting next week against optimism that preventive medical care will help reduce public spending on medical services, and call for the continuation of social security reform involving heavier burdens for

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