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LDP Lawmaker Apologizes for Jeering at Cancer Sufferer

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- A lawmaker from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has apologized for jeering at a cancer sufferer during a parliamentary hearing on the dangers of secondhand smoke. In a statement issued Thursday, House of Representatives lawmaker Yoichi Anami said, “I

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PM Abe Thanks Trump for Stopping N. Korea Missile Tests

June 22, 2018

Washington- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for having North Korea halt missile tests, the president revealed at a cabinet meeting Thursday. During their recent talks focusing on North Korean issues, Abe “was so thrilled,”

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Illegality of Collapsed Wall Overlooked in City Inspection

June 22, 2018

Takatsuki, Osaka Pref.- The education board of the city of Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, overlooked in a past inspection the illegality of a concrete block wall that collapsed due to Monday’s earthquake to kill a nine-year-old girl, according to the city.

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EXCLUSIVE: Wind Power System off Fukushima Performing Poorly

June 22, 2018

Fukushima Pref.- Japan’s largest-scale offshore wind power generation facility, located off Fukushima Prefecture, has hardly ever reached its output capacity of 7,000 kilowatts, informed sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. The turbine is operated in an experimental offshore power generation

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Japan Hopes to Make Nuclear Pact with U.S. Sustainable

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government will make diplomatic efforts to make its nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States sustainable after an expected automatic renewal in July, Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Thursday. The government will address U.S. concerns about its

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Japan’s Abe, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Chief Affirm Cooperation

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. Navy Adm. Philip Davidson agreed Thursday on close bilateral cooperation in resolving the issues of North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and its abductions of Japanese nationals decades ago. At a separate

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Japan to Halt N. Korea Missile Evacuation Drills

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is considering canceling evacuation drills planned for fiscal 2018 to prepare for possible ballistic missile launches by North Korea, officials said Thursday. After the recent summit between the United States and North Korea, the government concluded

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Checks of Concrete Block Walls Urged after Osaka Quake

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- The land ministry on Thursday called on individuals, firms and others to check concrete block walls at their houses or facilities, in the wake of Monday’s powerful earthquake that mainly hit northern areas of the western Japan prefecture of

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