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Long-Awaited Sake Shipments Resume after Heavy Rain

September 14, 2018

Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Pref.- Asahi Shuzo Co., a sake brewer in western Japan, on Thursday resumed shipments of a product from its popular Dassai brand that were suspended following the torrential rains in that part of the country in July. A

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Health Ministry Upset by LDP-Drafted Govt Reorganization Plan

September 14, 2018

Tokyo- A sense of mistrust is growing among bureaucrats at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare toward the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s administrative reform headquarters, which has recently drawn up recommendations for reorganization of the central government. In the

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Tokyo Gov. Wants Toyosu to Become Center of Food Culture

September 14, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Thursday she hopes the new wholesale food market in the Toyosu district of Tokyo’s Koto Ward will become a “center” of food culture. The Tokyo metropolitan government will open the Toyosu market, which will

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Abe Regards Putin Proposal as Show of Eagerness for Peace Treaty

September 14, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken Russian President Vladimir Putin’s abrupt proposal on a post-World War II peace treaty between the two countries as an expression of the president’s eagerness to conclude the long-deferred treaty, a coalition executive

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4 File Candidacies for Okinawa Governorship

September 13, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four people filed Thursday their candidacies for the Sept. 30 gubernatorial election in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa. One of the biggest issues in the election is the Japanese government’s plan to relocate the U.S. Marine

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Japan Succeeds in Missile Interceptor Test off Hawaii

September 13, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully tested a Standard Missile-3 Block 1B interceptor off Hawaii on Wednesday, the Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency said. The interceptor fired from the MSDF destroyer Atago destroyed a mock ballistic missile in outer space

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Spokesman Clarifies Putin’s Peace Treaty Initiative for Japan

September 13, 2018

Vladivostok, Russia- A Russian presidential spokesman indicated Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin’s peace treaty initiative for Japan is designed to put a territorial dispute between Tokyo and Moscow on the back burner. The meaning of the initiative is clear, and

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Olympic Flame to Arrive in Japan on March 20, 2020

September 13, 2018

Tokyo- The torch of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics will be lit on March 12, 2020, with the Olympic flame arriving in Japan on March 20, the Tokyo organizing committee said Wednesday. Following the lighting ceremony at the ruins

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