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Suspect Escapes from Police Station in Western Japan

August 13, 2018

Osaka- A 30-year-old man suspected of theft, forcible intercourse and other charges escaped from a detention house of a police station in Tondabayashi in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday. Junya Hida, unemployed, had been locked up at the Tondabayashi

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Abe Shows Resolve to Specify SDF in Constitution

August 13, 2018

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Pref.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reiterated his determination to amend Article 9 of the Constitution to clearly legalize the Self-Defense Forces. “I will fulfill my responsibility by specifying the SDF in the Constitution,” Abe, also president

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JAL Crash Victims Remembered on 33rd Anniversary

August 13, 2018

Ueno, Gunma Pref.- Victims of the 1985 crash of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet were remembered on the mountainous disaster site on the 33rd anniversary on Sunday. Bereaved family members and others climbed to the Osutaka Ridge in the village

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Japan, China Exchange Congratulatory Cables

August 12, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang exchanged congratulatory cables to mark the 40th anniversary of the conclusion of the bilateral peace and friendship treaty on Sunday. In the cable, Abe expressed hope that the two

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Japanese Princess Ayako Officially Engaged

August 12, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Princess Ayako, 27, and corporate employee Kei Moriya, 32, were officially engaged at a ceremony in Tokyo on Sunday. The ceremony for the third daughter of the late Prince Takamado, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, and Moriya, who

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Symposium Held in Beijing before 40th Anniv. of Japan-China Peace Treaty

August 12, 2018

Beijing- A symposium to mark the 40th anniversary Sunday of the conclusion of the Japan-China peace and friendship treaty was held at a hotel in Beijing on Saturday. Participants, including former government officials of the two countries, expressed their welcome

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan Defense Minister May Visit Europe in Sept.

August 12, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is considering visiting the Netherlands and Italy in early September, a senior Defense Ministry official told Jiji Press on Saturday. Onodera hopes to hold talks with his counterparts of the two countries to seek

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Okinawa Citizens Mourn over Death of Governor Onaga

August 12, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Many citizens gathered at a rally in Naha on Saturday to mourn over the death of Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, a critic of U.S. military bases in Japan’s southernmost prefecture. About 70,000 people attended the rally aimed

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