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Abe Says Having Children Should Be Choice

June 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that whether to have children or not should be a choice left to each individual. The remarks were made a day after Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, described

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Parents Indicted over Death of Abused Girl in Tokyo

June 28, 2018

Tokyo- Public prosecutors indicted the parents of a five-year-old girl on Wednesday for alleged neglect that resulted in her death at an apartment in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward in March. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Yudai Funato, the 33-year-old

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Tokyo Assembly OKs Tougher Smoking Restrictions Than State’s

June 28, 2018

Tokyo- The Tokyo metropolitan assembly voted Wednesday to introduce tougher smoking restrictions in the Japanese capital than currently discussed in the Diet, the country’s parliament. The original rules, including a basic smoking ban in restaurants regardless of how large they

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2 Ex-Execs of Japan Dental Federation Found Guilty over Political Donations

June 28, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo District Court found two former top officials of the Japan Dental Federation guilty on Wednesday of making political donations beyond legal limits in violation of the political funds control law. Mikimasa Takagi, 73, and Naofumi Tsutsumi, 76, both

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Lawmaker Hosono Borrowed 50 M. Yen Just before 2017 Election

June 27, 2018

Tokyo- Former Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono borrowed 50 million yen from a securities company in Tokyo during the official House of Representatives election campaign period in October last year, informed sources said Wednesday. Hosono has already repaid the loan,

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Japan Upper House Rejects Censure Motion against Labor Minister

June 27, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s House of Councillors voted down a censure motion against Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato at a plenary meeting on Wednesday. A majority of the members of the Upper House, including those from the ruling Liberal Democratic

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Mayor of Town in Fukushima Dies at 69

June 27, 2018

Fukushima- Tamotsu Baba, mayor of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, died at hospital in the city of Fukushima on Wednesday. He was 69. First elected mayor of Namie in 2007, Baba was in his third term. He submitted his

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Murderer Tricked Toyama Policeman by Making Loud Noise

June 27, 2018

Toyama- The 21-year-old man who stabbed a police officer to death and stole his gun at a police box in the central Japan city of Toyama on Tuesday knocked on the back door of the police box loudly in order

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