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Mobile Phone Rates 2 Times Higher Than OECD Average: Suga

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- Mobile phone rates in Japan are about two times higher than the average in the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. Suga made the remark to back

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Japan Responding to Citizen’s Reported Deportation from N. Korea

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is doing its best to respond to North Korea’s reported decision to deport a Japanese man detained in the country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. But the top government spokesman declined to discuss the

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Autonomous Commercial Taxi Test Launched in Tokyo

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- The world’s first test commercial service of an autonomous taxi carrying passengers on public roads started in central Tokyo on Monday. Taxi operator Hinomaru Kotsu Co. and robotics startup ZMP Inc., the developer of the autonomous taxi, will offer

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Japan, U.S. Governors Begin 1st Forum in 23 Years

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- Heads of Japanese prefectures and U.S. states kicked off their first forum in 23 years on Monday in Tokyo. In the two-day event, held to strengthen inter-regional exchanges between the Japanese and U.S. governors associations, the two sides will

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan Reconstruction Agency Aims to Keep Tourism Subsidy

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Reconstruction Agency hopes to maintain in fiscal 2019 a subsidy program aimed at inviting more tourists from abroad to the disaster-affected Tohoku northeastern region, according to informed sources. The agency aims to include some 3.3 billion yen in

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Japan to Make Child Abuse Hotline Toll-Free

August 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s welfare ministry has decided to make child abuse hotline calls free of charge in a move to better secure the safety of children, according to informed sources. The ministry also plans to increase the number of staff at

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North Korea Decides to Expel Detained Japanese Tourist

August 27, 2018

Seoul- North Korea has decided to expel a Japanese tourist detained for violating the country’s laws, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday. KCNA identified the Japanese tourist as Tomoyuki Sugimoto. North Korean authorities “decided to leniently condone him

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Hamada Wins 3rd Term as Kagawa Governor

August 27, 2018

Takamatsu, Kagawa Pref.- Keizo Hamada won a third term as governor of Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, in an election on Sunday, beating another candidate. Hamada, a 66-year-old independent, drew broad-based support for his achievements made in the past eight years,

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