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Abe Regrets LDP Member’s Jeering at Cancer Sufferer

June 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed regret Monday about the recent jeering by a lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at a lung cancer sufferer during a parliamentary hearing. The heckling by House of Representatives lawmaker Yoichi Anami

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Refurbishment Begins at Japanese Imperial Couple’s Temporary Residence

June 25, 2018

Tokyo- Refurbishment work started Monday at the Takanawa residence in Minato Ward, Tokyo, where Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will temporarily live after their abdication next year. Full-fledged refurbishment, including the installation of new air conditioners and repairs to

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5 Victims Mourned a Week after Osaka Quake

June 25, 2018

Takatsuki, Osaka Pref.- Local residents came together to mourn the five victims of the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked northern areas of the western Japan prefecture of Osaka a week ago. Among the victims, who were all in the prefecture, was

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Evacuation Center Gives Special Care to Foreign Nationals in Osaka

June 25, 2018

Minoo, Osaka Pref.- Foreign citizens affected by last week’s major earthquake in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, have expressed their gratitude for being cared for at evacuation centers. People from many countries took shelter at an elementary school in Minoo, Osaka,

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Japan’s Hayabusa2 to Reach Target Asteroid on Wed.

June 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese asteroid explorer Hayabusa2 will reach its target asteroid, Ryugu, on Wednesday, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Monday. The probe will begin on Wednesday morning positioning itself at a fixed reference point 20 kilometers above Ryugu

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More Dangerous Block Walls Found in Osaka after Quake

June 25, 2018

Osaka- More concrete block walls violating Japan’s building code have been found in emergency investigations conducted by municipalities in Osaka Prefecture following earthquake-induced fatal accidents last week. Of the five people who died in the 6.1-magnitude quake that rocked the

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4 Chinese Govt Ships Enter Japanese Waters near Senkakus

June 25, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Monday. It was the first such intrusion by any Chinese government ship since June 5 and the 12th

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Mikazuki Wins Second Term as Shiga Governor

June 25, 2018

Otsu, Shiga Pref.- Taizo Mikazuki was elected to a second four-year term as governor of Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, in a one-on-one contest on Sunday. Mikazuki, 47, overwhelmed Manabu Kondo, 68-year-old professor emeritus of Shiga University who ran as an

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