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Japanese Leaders Remember Ex-S. Korea Prime Minister Kim

June 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese ruling party leaders offered condolences on Saturday over the death of former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil the same day. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a message of condolence to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, in which

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Okinawa Vows Peace on 73rd Anniversary of Ground Battle End

June 24, 2018

Itoman, Okinawa Pref.- Okinawa residents renewed their pledge for peace at a memorial service for the war dead on Saturday, the 73rd anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. During the memorial service, held

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Ex-S. Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil, a Japan Hand, Dies

June 24, 2018

Seoul, June 23 (Jiji Press)–Former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil, who contributed to the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan, died on Saturday, people close to a Seoul hospital said. He was 92. After South Korea achieved democracy, he

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Japan’s Iwasawa Elected ICJ Judge

June 24, 2018

New York- -University of Tokyo Prof. Yuji Iwasawa, 64, was elected a judge for the Hague-based International Court of Justice at the United Nations on Friday. The vote was held at meetings of the U.N. Security Council and the General

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Onodera Seeks Yamaguchi Pref. Support for Aegis Ashore Deployment

June 24, 2018

Yamaguchi- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera sought the support of Yamaguchi Governor Tsugumasa Muraoka on Friday for the planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system in the western Japan prefecture. At their meeting in the prefecture, Onodera

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Japan Ruling LDP Planning Leadership Poll for Sept. 20

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is planning a leadership election for Sept. 20, 10 days before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reaches the end of his three-year term as LDP president, party executives said Friday. Abe is ready to seek

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4 Farm Officials Punished for Reconstruction Project Info Leak

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s farm ministry said Friday that it has dismissed an employee in a managerial post and suspended three others for leaking tender information on postdisaster reconstruction projects in the Tohoku northeastern region. The ministry said the disciplinary action included

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U.S. Wanted Right to Return Nuclear Weapons to Okinawa in 1969

June 22, 2018

Washington- The United States wanted the right to return nuclear weapons to Okinawa before it agreed in 1969 to hand the region back to Japan, documents disclosed by the State Department have revealed. Under a so-called secret agreement said to

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