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Iwate, Miyagi Disaster Victims to Find Public Homes by FY 2020

August 2, 2018

Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Pref.- The Japanese government aims to finish the relocation of March 2011 disaster victims living in temporary housing in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures to public homes by fiscal 2020, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Thursday. “Securing homes is

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New Niigata Governor Cautious on N-Plant Restart

August 2, 2018

Niigata- Hideyo Hanazumi, governor of Niigata Prefecture, who took office in June, sounded cautious on Thursday about the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in the central Japan prefecture. “We won’t discuss whether to bring the plant back online

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INTERVIEW: Koike Objects to Bolstering Reallocation of Tax Revenues

August 2, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has objected to the central government’s plan to beef up an existing system in which some taxes collected in the Japanese capital are allocated to local governments with small tax revenues. “The biggest point of

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EXCLUSIVE: ANA to Cancel Some Int’l Flights for Engine Checks

August 2, 2018

Tokyo- All Nippon Airways plans to cancel some international flights in September and October due to protracted work to inspect Rolls-Royce PLC engines used in Boeing 787 aircraft, Jiji Press has learned. The ANA Holdings Inc. subsidiary has so far

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LDP Lawmaker Says Same-Sex Affairs “Like Hobby”

August 2, 2018

Tokyo- Tom Tanigawa, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker of Japan’s House of Representatives, has described same-sex affairs as “something like a hobby.” The remark came at a time when Mio Sugita, another LDP lawmaker of the lower parliamentary chamber, is

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Japanese Auto Imports Not Affecting U.S. Security Negatively: Seko

August 2, 2018

Indianapolis- Visiting Japanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko reiterated Wednesday that imports of Japanese automobiles and auto parts pose no threat to the United States’ national security. Meeting Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb in Indianapolis, Seko emphasized that auto imports from Japan,

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Senate OKs Defense Bill with Funds for Cooperation with Japan, S. Korea

August 2, 2018

Washington- The U.S. Senate approved Wednesday a 717-billion-dollar defense authorization bill for fiscal 2019, including funds for cooperation with Japan and South Korea in responding to the threat of North Korean ballistic missiles. The bill, sent to President Donald Trump,

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Japan, Malta to Cooperate in Enhancing Maritime Order

August 2, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Maltese counterpart, Joseph Muscat, agreed Wednesday that the two island countries will work more closely together to enhance maritime order based on the rule of law. In their meeting held at

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