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Restart Pushed Back for Unit at Quake-Hit Hokkaido Power Plant

September 24, 2018

Sapporo- Hokkaido Electric Power Co. said Sunday that it has decided to postpone the restart of the No. 2 unit at its quake-hit Tomato-Atsuma thermal power station to mid-October, because of a problem with some equipment. The company said its

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Stepped-Up Efforts Sought for Return of Japanese Abductees

September 24, 2018

Tokyo- Relatives of Japanese victims of North Korea’s abductions, at a meeting in Tokyo on Sunday, reiterated their calls for the government’s stepped-up efforts to realize the early homecoming of their loved ones taken to the reclusive country decades ago.

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Candidates Boost Campaigning a Week ahead of Okinawa Gov. Election

September 24, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Two key candidates beefed up their campaigning on Sunday, a week ahead of the closely watched gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in which the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station within

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Japan’s Kounotori 7 Cargo Craft Launched Successfully

September 24, 2018

Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref.- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, successfully launched the Kounotori 7 unmanned cargo spacecraft in the small hours of Sunday. The H-2B Launch Vehicle No. 7 carrying the Japanese cargo craft

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2 Japanese Rovers Land on Target Asteroid Ryugu

September 24, 2018

Tokyo- Two small robotic explorers released from Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft have successfully touched down on asteroid Ryugu, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Saturday. The space agency confirmed that after the landing, at least one of the two

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3 Japanese Zoos to Swap Female Elephants for Breeding

September 24, 2018

Tokyo- Three zoos in northeastern Japan will launch a project on Tuesday to swap their female African elephants in a bid to form new pairs for breeding, in the first such attempt in the country. The three are Selcohome Zoo

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Abe Likely to Retain Kishida as LDP Policy Chief

September 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering retaining Fumio Kishida as chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party’s Policy Research Council in a renewal of the ruling party’s executive team seen to be carried out early next month following Abe’s

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Japan’s Kono Joins Photo Session at Female Minister Meeting

September 24, 2018

New York- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono was the only man in a photo session held Friday as part of a two-day meeting of female foreign ministers from around the world that started in Montreal, eastern Canada, the same day.

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