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Typhoon Soulik Seen Approaching Southern Kyushu

August 21, 2018

Tokyo- Strong Typhoon Soulik is forecast to approach the southern part of the Kyushu southwestern Japan region and the Amami islands from Tuesday evening through night, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday. The agency called for strong caution over heavy

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Senior Chinese Communist Party Official to Visit Japan in Oct.

August 21, 2018

Beijing- Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee, said Monday that he plans to visit Japan in October to attend a meeting of ruling party lawmakers from the two countries. The remark was

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North Korea Sued by Defectors in Japan

August 21, 2018

Tokyo- Five North Korean defectors in Japan on Monday filed a suit in Tokyo demanding North Korea pay 500 million yen in damages over its alleged human right abuse. The suit was filed with Tokyo District Court, the first legal

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Komeito Leader Yamaguchi Seen Extending His Tenure Further

August 21, 2018

Tokyo- Natsuo Yamaguchi is highly likely to be reappointed as head of Komeito at a party convention on Sept. 30, according to informed sources. Yamaguchi, already the longest-serving Komeito chief, would be allowed to extend his tenure at the plenary

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Japanese Minister Confirms Padded Disabled Employment

August 21, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese internal affairs minister Seiko Noda on Monday confirmed that her ministry has padded its employment rate of people with disabilities to meet a legal requirement. “I don’t know the precise figures, but I was deeply shocked to hear

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EXCLUSIVE: Teenager Arrested in Japan for Making Lethal Explosive TATP

August 20, 2018

(UPDATE) Nagoya- Japanese police arrested a 19-year-old university freshman on Monday for allegedly making and possessing triacetate triperoxide, a lethal explosive known as TATP. The teenager, a resident of Nagoya, the capital of Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, mostly admitted the

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Anti-U.S. Base Okinawans Seen Fielding Tamaki in Governor Poll

August 20, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Opponents of a planned U.S. base relocation within Okinawa Prefecture are in the final stages of work to field Denny Tamaki, currently a House of Representatives lawmaker, in the Sept. 30 gubernatorial election, informed sources said Monday.

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Expert Calls for Talks on Killing with Weapons

August 20, 2018

Tokyo- Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty should discuss the fact that people are killed with weapons before talking about arms control, an international antiarms campaigner said Monday. Patric Wilcken, an arms control and human rights researcher at Amnesty International,

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