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Nobel Winner, Others Challenge Japan’s Security Laws

August 3, 2018

Nagoya- A group of 143 citizens, including Nobel-winning scientist Toshihide Maskawa, sued the Japanese government on Thursday, claiming that the country’s national security laws that allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense are unconstitutional. In the lawsuit, filed

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Japan Asserts Need to Implement N. Korea Sanctions

August 3, 2018

Singapore- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Thursday underscored the importance for the international community to fully implement U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions against North Korea toward its denuclearization. “The international community needs to back the U.S.-North Korea process for

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Kono, Wang Agree to Work Harder for Leaders’ Visits

August 3, 2018

Singapore- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, affirmed their intentions on Thursday to boost efforts to realize mutual visits by the two countries’ leaders. At their meeting in Singapore, Kono and Wang, who doubles as

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Japan Mulling Amnesty along with Imperial Succession

August 3, 2018

Toyko- The Japanese government is considering granting pardons to coincide with the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the enthronement of Crown Prince Naruhito next year, government sources said on Thursday. If implemented, it will be the 11th time for pardons

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Japan to Consider Govt Agency Reorganization

August 3, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is expected to consider reorganizing some administrative agencies as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party plans to urge it to discuss the matter, informed sources said Thursday. The LDP plans to put forward the request in the

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LDP Warns Party Lawmaker over LGBT Gaffe

August 3, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has told a party lawmaker to watch her words after she came under fire for calling lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples “unproductive.” In an official party view posted on its website, the LDP

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77 Pct of New University Grads in Japan Get Jobs

August 3, 2018

Tokyo- The employment rate for university students who graduated in spring this year came to 77.1 pct, up 1.0 percentage point from a year before and hitting the highest level in 25 years, the education ministry said in a preliminary

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Japan Studying Whether Smokeless Tobacco Meets Definition of Smoking

August 2, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese fire authorities are studying whether the use of heat-not-burn tobacco devices meets the definition of smoking under the Fire Service Act amid the growing popularity of such smokeless cigarettes. Currently, there is confusion over whether the use of

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