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Japan Inconsistent in Responses to N. Korean Missile Threat

June 25, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is responding inconsistently to the perceived diminishing threat of North Korean missiles, calling off evacuation drills while at the same time pushing ahead with preparations to deploy the Aegis Ashore land-based missile shield. At a news

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3 Asian Nations to Work Together on Marine Garbage

June 24, 2018

Suzhou, China- The environment ministers of Japan, China and South Korea agreed at a meeting on Sunday to take leadership roles in tackling the issue of microplastics and other marine garbage. At the meeting in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, eastern China,

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More Than 6,000 Homes Damaged by Osaka Quake

June 24, 2018

Osaka- Authorities have confirmed that more than 6,000 homes were damaged by the 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Osaka Prefecture and its vicinity in western Japan last Monday. Almost a week after the quake, full-scale home repair work has not been

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EXCLUSIVE: Kimono Rental Firm Fell behind on Social Security Premiums

June 24, 2018

Yokohama- Harenohi, a kimono rental service company involved in a loan fraud case, has fallen behind in social security premium payments for employees for a long time, Jiji Press learned Sunday. The Kanagawa prefectural police department suspects that Yoichiro Shinozaki,

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Criminal Complaint Eyed against Ex-MOF Official over Perjury

June 24, 2018

Tokyo- An opposition party plans to call on other parties to work together to file a criminal complaint against a former senior Ministry of Finance official, accusing him of perjury in parliamentary testimony over document manipulation, a lawmaker said Sunday.

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Ex-Taiwan Pres. Lee Calls for Defense Exchange with Japan

June 24, 2018

Taipei- Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui stressed Saturday the importance for Japan and Taiwan to promote exchanges and cooperation in the defense field. In a speech in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, Lee accused China of being the biggest factor

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Ex-Head of Kimono Rental Firm at Center of Snafu Arrested

June 24, 2018

Yokohama- Police arrested Saturday the former president of the kimono rental service company that caused confusion in this year’s Coming-of-Age Day ceremonies on suspicion of defrauding a bank of loans by window-dressing a financial statement. The Kanagawa prefectural police department

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Abe Resolved to Move Forward with Futenma Relocation

June 24, 2018

Itoman, Okinawa Pref.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his resolve on Saturday to move forward with the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma air station within the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa. “In order to realize the

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