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Japanese Princess Mako’s Fiance to Study Law in U.S.

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- Kei Komuro, the fiance of Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, will move to the United States around summer to study law, informed sources said Friday. Komuro, 26, a commoner who works at a law firm

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Japan Makes Progress to Eliminate Human Trafficking: U.S. Report

June 29, 2018

Washington- The Japanese government made “key achievements” to eliminate human trafficking, the U.S. Department of State said in an annual report on Thursday. These achievements included “establishing a new interagency task force to combat child sex trafficking” in so-called JK

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Women Account for Record 27.2 Pct of Japan Govt Employee Exam Passers

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- Women accounted for 27.2 pct of those who passed Japan’s career-track national public servant examination in fiscal 2018, with the proportion hitting the highest level since 1960, the oldest year for which data are available, a government agency said

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2 Bullets Found in School after Deadly Attack in Toyama

June 29, 2018

Toyama- Two bullets were discovered inside an elementary school building in the city of Toyama, after a former Self-Defense Forces member wrested a gun loaded with five bullets by killing a police officer at a nearby police box and gunned

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Mobile Services to Be Available in Undersea Seikan Tunnel from Next March

June 29, 2018

Sapporo- Mobile communications services will be available from next March in Hokkaido Shinkansen high-speed trains traveling through the undersea Seikan Tunnel, the communications ministry, Hokkaido Railway Co. and three major mobile phone carriers announced Thursday. Currently, mobile access is only

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Wireless LAN to Be Available at All Tokyo Games Venues

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics said Thursday that it will develop wireless local area networks at all venues for the games. Takeshi Tachi, head of the committee’s technology service division, said the committee basically

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24 Big Cities Removing Block Walls at Schools after Quake Death

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- Following a girl’s death when a concrete block wall fell on her in the wake of a major earthquake in Osaka Prefecture last week, 24 major cities across Japan have removed or plan to remove block walls at publicly

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Japan FTC Calls for Change to 4-Year Smartphone Plans

June 29, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Thursday called for a correction to a practice among mobile phone companies of selling new smartphones on four-year installment payment contracts. The practice can be problematic in light of the antimonopoly law, because it

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