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Japan to Open School for Female Farmers to Become Community Leaders

July 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s agriculture ministry will open a school in Tokyo on Wednesday to train female farmers to be community leaders. The ministry will also open a similar school in Osaka on July 30. The Tokyo and Osaka schools will each

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5-hectare dug rehab facility to rise in Cavite

July 24, 2018

A five-hectare drug rehabilitation facility will be built in Trece Martires City, Cavite after the Department of Health (DOH) – Calabarzon, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the local government of Cavite recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the

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Hiroshima Commuters’ Inconvenience Continues

July 24, 2018

Hiroshima- Commuters in Hiroshima Prefecture are suffering from prolonged inconvenience caused by torrential rains two weeks ago, with local train services on West Japan Railway Co. or JR West, lines still widely unavailable and a trunk road remaining partially closed.

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Defense Chief Seeks Saga Pref. Support for Osprey Deployment

July 23, 2018

Saga- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday sought the cooperation of Saga Prefecture on the planned deployment of Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at Saga Airport. Onodera visited Saga Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi at the prefectural government’s office to make the request

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N. Korea Said Positive about Improving Ties with Japan

July 23, 2018

Seoul- The third son of the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung believes that North Korea is more positive about improving its ties with Japan than before. Kim Hong-gul, who visited North Korea for four days through Thursday, told a

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38 Die of Heatstroke in Tokyo’s 23 Wards So Far in July

July 23, 2018

Tokyo- A total of 38 people died of heatstroke in Tokyo’s 23 wards in the first 22 days of this month, compared with 20 in the same period of July last year, it was learned Monday. Of the 38, who

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Winery in Rain-Hit Okayama Facing Shortages of Grapes

July 23, 2018

Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- A winery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, that uses locally produced grapes is struggling to find alternative grape suppliers after recent torrential rain in western Japan. “This year, we’ll probably see our production fall by half,” said Kazuo

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Kumamoto Returns Favor by Helping Downpour-Hit Areas

July 23, 2018

Kumamoto/Hiroshima- Local government officials in Kumamoto Prefecture are supporting disaster relief activities in downpour-hit western prefectures to return the favor they received following the 2016 powerful earthquakes in the southwestern region. The Kumamoto prefectural and nine other local governments have

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