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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Promote Safety Measures for School Facilities

August 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s education ministry will ramp up support for measures designed to ensure the safety of students in schools, including strengthening external walls and installing air conditioners, informed sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday. In its budget request for fiscal

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Japan to Send 3 Destroyers to South China Sea, Indian Ocean

August 22, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese Defense Ministry’s Maritime Staff Office said Tuesday that it will dispatch three destroyers to the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean from Sunday through October. The three, including the helicopter carrier Kaga of the Maritime Self-Defense

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Suga Calls for Cutting Mobile Phone Rates by 40 Pct

August 22, 2018

Sapporo- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday that mobile phone rates should be cut by some 40 pct, warning major carriers not to make “excessive” profits. Suga claimed that profit margins are wide at the country’s three major

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Major Japanese Electronics Makers to Treble Number of IT Engineers

August 22, 2018

Toyko- Hitachi Ltd. and three other major Japanese electronics makers plan to treble their total number of engineers for cutting-edge information technology to 6,500 by fiscal 2021, which ends in March 2022, a Jiji Press survey found Tuesday. Three others,

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Osaka Gas to Start Service Showing Real-Time Toilet Vacancies

August 22, 2018

Osaka- Osaka Gas Co. said Tuesday that it will start a service showing whether toilets are vacant in office buildings and commercial facilities in real time via the Internet. Working with Vacan Inc., a Tokyo-based information technology startup, the gas

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Ruling Parties Decide to Back Sakima in Okinawa Governor Race

August 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling parties separately decided Tuesday to endorse Atsushi Sakima, former mayor of Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, in the southern prefecture’s closely watched Sept. 30 gubernatorial election. “We place a priority on every election,” Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the

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Japan, Sri Lanka Agree to Boost Maritime Security Cooperation

August 22, 2018

Sri Lanka- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and Sri Lankan State Minister of Defense Ruwan Wijewardene have confirmed that their countries will promote cooperation in the field of maritime security. During talks in the South Asian country on Tuesday, Onodera

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LDP’s Nikai to Pay 4-Day Visit to Beijing from Aug. 29

August 21, 2018

Tokyo- Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai will visit Beijing for four days from Aug. 29, the Japanese ruling party said Tuesday. Nikai will attend an opening reception for an art exhibition to mark the 40th anniversary of the Japan-China

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