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Japan to Tighten Control of Coastal Bluefin Tuna Fishing

July 1, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Fisheries Agency is set to tighten rules on coastal fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna, effective from July, in a bid to recover the stocks of the popular fish for sushi lovers. Specifically, catch quotas for tuna weighing 30

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Japan’s Abduction Issue Entirely Resolved: N. Korea Paper

June 29, 2018

Seoul- North Korea’s main newspaper said Friday that the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by the country decades ago has been entirely resolved. The abduction issue was entirely resolved when then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visited Pyongyang and the

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Replica Guns, Knives Found at Home of Toyama Attack Suspect

June 29, 2018

Toyama- More than 10 replica guns, several knives and a mock sword have been found at the home of a suspect in the murders of a policeman and a school security guard in Toyoma Prefecture on Tuesday, police sources said

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U.S. Forces in S. Korea Move Headquarters to South of Seoul

June 29, 2018

Pyeongtaek, South Korea- U.S. forces in South Korea moved their headquarters on Friday to Camp Humphreys, a U.S. base in Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul. It is the first time for U.S. Forces Korea to move its headquarters

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Japan Diet Enacts Work Style Reform, TPP-Related Legislation

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted on Friday a work style reform bill that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regards as the most important legislation in its ongoing session. It also passed into law the same day a bill needed to

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Onodera, Mattis Agree to Cooperate for N. Korea Denuclearization

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and visiting U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis agreed on Friday to work together toward the denuclearization of North Korea. During their meeting at the Defense Ministry’s headquarters in Tokyo, Onodera and Mattis confirmed that

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Maeda Appointed Vatican Cardinal

June 29, 2018

Paris- Pope Francis created 14 new cardinals, including Japanese Archbishop Manyo Maeda, on Thursday during a consistory at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Maeda is the sixth Japanese cardinal and the first since Fumio Hamao became a cardinal. Hamao

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Tokyo Protests to Beijing over Drillship in East China Sea

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government has protested China’s deployment of a drillship apparently for gas development in the East China Sea, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Friday. “It is extremely regrettable that China is continuing activities for unilateral development,” Kono told

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