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Japan’s Kounotori 7 Cargo Ship Docks with ISS

September 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Kounotori 7 unmanned cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on Friday. After the docking at 3:08 a.m. (6:08 p.m. Thursday GMT), an astronaut from the ISS entered the spacecraft around 4:40 a.m. Kounotori 7 is scheduled

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Abe Vows to Promote Procurement of Advanced Defense Equipment

September 28, 2018

Tokyo- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed Japan’s willingness to promote procurement of advanced defense equipment from the United States and elsewhere during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in New York on Wednesday, the Japanese government’s chief spokesman said

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Kono, Wang Agree to Step Up Work for Abe Visit to China

September 28, 2018

New York- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, reaffirmed Thursday that they will accelerate work to realize a visit to China by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe being arranged for October. At their meeting at

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Toyosu Market Officials Hoping to Promote Fish Freshness

September 28, 2018

Tokyo- Officials of the new Toyosu wholesale food market in Tokyo are hoping to promote the enclosed facilities, enabling control of fish temperature and food hygiene, as the market’s most prominent selling point. The officials are pinning hopes on this

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Japan’s Kono Seeks UNSC Solidarity on N. Korea Sanctions

September 28, 2018

New York- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono called for U.N. Security Council member countries Thursday to get united in fully implementing the council’s sanctions resolutions against North Korea. In his speech at a Security Council ministerial meeting in New York,

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Smuggling Haunts Fishermen in Disaster-Hit Northeastern Japan

September 28, 2018

Kamaishi, Iwate Pref.- In coastal areas in the northeastern prefectures of Iwate and Miyagi, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, local fishermen are struggling to find countermeasures against smuggling. In 2016, four men were arrested red-handed by

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Tohoku Electric May Scrap Onagawa N-Plant No. 1 Reactor

September 28, 2018

Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- Tohoku Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, President Hiroya Harada said Thursday. The company will make its decision after examining expected costs

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Abe-Xi Summit Eyed for Oct. 24 in Beijing

September 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japan and China are preparing to hold a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Oct. 24, informed sources said Thursday. Abe plans to visit China for three days from Oct. 23, the

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