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Japanese Governors Vow to Lead Disaster Prevention Efforts

July 29, 2018

Sapporo- Prefectural governors from across Japan on Friday expressed their resolve to spearhead disaster prevention efforts to wrap up their two-day meeting in the northern city of Sapporo, Hokkaido. The National Governors’ Association needs to take the lead in preparing

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Japanese Minister Considering Punishing Herself over Info Leak

July 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese internal affairs minister Seiko Noda said Friday she is considering punishing herself over leaks of information to her side by a government agency about a disclosure request from a newspaper. Noda told a press conference that she is

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Japan “heartily welcomes” enactment of Bangsamoro law

July 27, 2018

Japan”heartily welcomes” the enactment of the Organic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regarding the Mindanao peace process in the Philippines after President Rodrigo Duterte signed it on Thursday. This was the statement of Foreign Minister Taro

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Okamoto Appointed Japanese Vice Finance Minister

July 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso announced Friday that Shigeaki Okamoto, 57, director-general of the Finance Ministry’s Budget Bureau, will be promoted to vice minister of finance, effective immediately. The ministry’s top administrative post had been vacant since Junichi Fukuda

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Japan Foreign Minister Kono to Visit Russia, 3 Asian Nations

July 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday that he will visit Russia, Singapore, Myanmar and Bangladesh over the 10 days from Monday. In Moscow, Kono will attend a “two-plus-two” meeting of the Japanese and Russian foreign and defense ministers

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Okinawa to Withdraw Landfill Approval for U.S. Base Relocation

July 27, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said Friday he will begin procedures to withdraw his predecessor’s approval of landfill work for a planned U.S. base relocation in the southernmost Japan prefecture. The governor aims to complete the procedures before

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Executed Ex-Aum Member Was Thankful for Being Kept Alive

July 27, 2018

Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)–Yasuo Hayashi, a former senior Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult member executed Thursday, told his lawyer two weeks ago that he was thankful for being kept alive, the attorney has said. One of the Aum members who

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Free School Lunch Offered by 4.7 Pct of Japan Municipalities

July 27, 2018

Tokyo- School lunch was offered for free at public elementary and junior high schools in 82 cities, towns and villages, or 4.7 pct of all municipalities in Japan, in fiscal 2017, an education ministry survey showed Friday. Sparsely populated municipalities

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