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17,000 Residents Take Part in Nuclear Disaster Exercise in Japan

August 27, 2018

Fukui- About 17,000 residents in Fukui, Kyoto and Shiga prefectures took part in the Japanese government’s two-day comprehensive nuclear disaster exercise, the Cabinet Office said Sunday. The exercise that ended Sunday was based on the scenario of serious accidents occurring

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Start Matching Project for Dementia Patients, Supporters

August 27, 2018

Toyko- Japan’s welfare ministry plans to launch a project in fiscal 2019 to provide better aid to dementia patients by matching them with volunteer supporters, informed sources told Jiji Press. The project will include providing subsidies to coordinators that connect

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Autonomous Taxi Unveiled in Tokyo

August 26, 2018

Toyko- An autonomous taxi was unveiled to media in Tokyo on Saturday ahead of the launch on Monday of a test service in the Japanese capital. The test marks the world’s first self-driving taxi service to carry passengers on public

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Japan, U.S. Vow to Pursue N. Korea Denuclearization

August 26, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday agreed that their countries will continue to work closely together toward North Korea’s denuclearization. The agreement was reached during their phone talks after Pompeo canceled

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Abe Declares Bid for Another Term as Ruling Party Chief

August 26, 2018

Tarumizu, Kagoshima Pref.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday announced plans to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election next month for a third consecutive three-year term as LDP chief. Speaking to reporters in Tarumizu, Kagoshima Prefecture,

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Typhoon Cimaron Crosses Western Japan; 13 Injured

August 24, 2018

Tokyo- Typhoon Cimaron crossed the western Japan regions of Shikoku and Kinki by early Friday morning, leaving a total of 13 people injured in western and central Japan. The Kumano River flooded in Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, inundating houses

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Japan, China to Hold Financial Dialogue on Aug. 31

August 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and his Chinese counterpart, Liu Kun, will meet in Beijing on Aug. 31 for the seventh bilateral financial dialogue, the Japanese Finance Ministry said Friday. They will exchange opinions about the two countries’ economic

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Japan’s 1st Female Fighter Pilot to Debut

August 24, 2018

Miyazaki- -Misa Matsushima is set to become the first female fighter pilot in Japan on Friday, when she is assigned to an Air Self-Defense Force base in southwestern Japan. The 26-year-old first lieutenant finished the F-15 fighter pilot curriculum at

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