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Abe Vows to Build New Japan-N. Korea Relations

August 6, 2018

Hiroshima- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday reiterated his determination to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to build new bilateral relations. “In the end, I must hold dialogue with Kim and resolve the issues

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Hiroshima Mayor, in English, Seeks Action toward Nuke-Free World

August 6, 2018

Hiroshima- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged world leaders to do more to realize a world without nuclear weapons in a peace declaration he read out in English on Monday. World leaders “must strive to make the Treaty on the Prohibition

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French Woman Missing in Eastern Japan

August 6, 2018

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref.- A 36-year-old French woman who visited Nikko in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi for sightseeing has been missing since July 29, according to the local police. The Tochigi prefectural police department is investigating the woman’s whereabouts,

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Mayor Vows to Pass On Hiroshima’s Tragedy to Younger Generations

August 6, 2018

Hiroshima- Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui on Monday pledged to continue passing on to younger generations the experience of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. “If the human family forgets history or stops confronting it, we could

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2 Years to Go: Yamagata Hopes to Promote Local Wood after Use at Olympics

August 6, 2018

Yamagata- The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 is being viewed as a good opportunity to showcase the Japanese tradition of high-grade wooden construction to the rest of the world. A total of 63 local governments in Japan plan

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Abe Wins 3rd Term as Nagano Governor

August 6, 2018

Nagano- Shuichi Abe was elected to a third four-year term as governor of Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday, beating a first-time candidate. Abe, a 57-year-old independent, was supported by the Liberal Democratic Party, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan,

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Abe Vows Quick Aid to Rain Disaster Areas

August 5, 2018

Kure, Hiroshima Pref.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday his government will carry out immediately a 100-billion-yen assistance package that has been worked out for western Japan areas damaged by flooding and landslides caused by torrential rain last month.

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Many Dead in N. Korea after Hiroshima, Nagasaki A-Bombings

August 5, 2018

Tokyo- Among people who returned to North Korea after experiencing the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki, western Japan, 51 of 111 people whose whereabouts were found in the past decade were dead, it has been learned. The

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