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Abe Denies Alleged Pressure on Ishiba Aide to Resign as Minister

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has denied the allegation by Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ken Saito that he had been urged by a supporter of Abe in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race to resign if he backs

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Japanese Submarine Conducts Exercise in South China Sea

September 17, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese submarine conducted an exercise in the South China Sea for the first time on Thursday, the Defense Ministry’s Maritime Staff Office said Monday. The move was apparently intended to counter China’s militarization of the South China Sea.

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Hokkaido Thermal Plant to Resume Operations as Early as Tuesday

September 17, 2018

Sapporo- Hokkaido Electric Power Co. said Monday that the No. 1 unit at its major thermal power plant will resume operations as early as Tuesday or Wednesday, earlier than previously expected. The 350,000-kilowatt No. 1 unit will be the first

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Another Wild Boar Tests Positive for Swine Fever in Japan

September 17, 2018

Gifu- The dead body of another wild boar found in the city of Gifu, central Japan, has tested positive for swine fever, the Gifu prefectural government said Sunday. The dead wild boar was found Saturday about 3.5 kilometers from a

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Russia Says Japan Needs Time on Peace Treaty Proposal

September 17, 2018

Moscow- Russia thinks Japan needs time to take a stance about President Vladimir Putin’s peace treaty proposal, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday. Such an initiative brings complicated matters to Japan both on foreign and domestic policy fronts, Peskov said

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Japanese Youngsters Don’t Want to Live Too Long: Survey

September 17, 2018

Tokyo- Young Japanese people in their 20s do not want to live to age 80, an insurance company survey revealed on Sunday. Men and women aged 20 to 29 hope to live to be 78.1 years old and 76.9 years

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Number of Women at Least 65 Years Old Tops 20 M. in Japan

September 17, 2018

Tokyo- The number of women aged 65 years old or higher in Japan has topped 20 million for the first time, according to estimates by the internal affairs ministry released Sunday. As of Saturday, the country had 20.12 million such

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Haruki Murakami Shuns Alternative Nobel Award in Literature

September 17, 2018

London- Japanese author Haruki Murakami has requested the withdrawal of his nomination for an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, a Swedish group that set up the prize said Saturday. According to the award selection group, called the New

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