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Japan-N. Korea Summit Possible in Sept.: Russian Envoy

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- Russian Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin suggested on Thursday that a summit between Japan and North Korea in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East in September could be possible. As to whether North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit

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Cars to Automatically Send Accident Information

June 22, 2018

Tokyo- Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. have fully put into operation a system in which vehicles equipped with communication functions automatically send information on accidents to hospitals and fire authorities to help enable swift rescue activities. In November

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Okinawa Faces Difficulties Maintaining War Memorials

June 21, 2018

Itoman, Okinawa Pref.- Okinawa Prefecture, which marks its war remembrance day on Saturday, faces increasing difficulties maintaining memorials for about 200,000 victims of World War II as their keepers are aging. The remembrance day, a public holiday in the southern

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Quake-Hit Schools Resume Classes in Osaka

June 21, 2018

Takatsuki, Osaka Pref.- Some 160 public elementary and junior high schools in Osaka Prefecture resumed classes on Thursday after closing following Monday’s strong earthquake that rocked the western Japan prefecture hard, damaging more than 1,000 buildings. They included Juei Elementary

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Japan Agency Probes Airbnb over Alleged Illegal Listings

June 21, 2018

Tokyo- Since a new law regulating “minpaku” private lodging business came into effect on Friday, properties with fictitious registration numbers have been listed on the website of Airbnb, a global online home rental service operator, it was learned Thursday. On

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Record 3,111 People Lost in Mountains in Japan in 2017

June 21, 2018

Tokyo- The number of people who got lost in mountains in Japan stood at 3,111 last year, its highest level on record, police data showed Thursday. The number of cases in which people got lost in mountains came in at

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Arrested Shizuoka Man Suggests Random Attack as “Revenge”

June 21, 2018

Shizuoka- An 18-year-old man arrested in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, earlier this week has suggested that he intended to commit a random attack on children as “revenge,” investigative sources have said. The Shizuoka prefectural police are investigating him on suspicion of

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150,000 Intractable Disease Sufferers in Japan Lose Aid

June 21, 2018

Tokyo- Some 150,000 sufferers of intractable diseases in Japan have lost their right to special subsidies for medical expenses, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday. They were excluded from the subsidy program in line with a change carried out in

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