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Ceremony to Promote Japan-Britain Reconciliation Held

June 19, 2018

London- A reception ceremony to promote Japan-Britain reconciliation was held at the Japanese embassy in London on Monday with the attendance of former British prisoners of war during World War II and their families. At the 22nd annual ceremony, some

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Osaka Authorities Warn of Fake Tweets after Quake

June 19, 2018

Osaka- Local authorities have issued warnings of fake Twitter posts after a strong earthquake rocked Osaka and neighboring prefectures in the Kansai western Japan region Monday. A false Twitter message that says a zebra has escaped was posted with an

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Genkai No. 4 Reactor Starts Power Generation, Transmission

June 19, 2018

Saga- The No. 4 reactor at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s  Genkai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga began power generation and transmission on Tuesday after it came back online on Saturday. The 1.18 million-kilowatt reactor is

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Osaka Quake May Be Linked to Nearby Fault: Govt Committee

June 19, 2018

Tokyo- The government’s Earthquake Research Committee on Monday said the 6.1-magnitude earthquake in western Japan in the morning was a seismic activity that may be linked to a major nearby fault zone. The committee indicated the possibility that the inland

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Majority of Japanese Pessimistic about N. Korea Nuke Issue

June 19, 2018

Seoul- A majority of Japanese are skeptical that the North Korean nuclear issue will be resolved, a private survey found Monday. According to the joint survey by Genron NPO, a Japanese private organization, and the East Asia Institute, a South

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Japan’s Top Court to Decide Whether to Reopen 1966 Murder Case

June 19, 2018

Tokyo- A group of lawyers filed a special appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday over a recent high court judgment overriding a lower court decision to reopen a high-profile 1966 murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. The Japanese

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Philippine eyeing $1 billion Samurai bond issue around September

June 19, 2018

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III confirmed on Tuesday that the Philippines is planning to issue about $1 billion-worth of “Samurai” bonds this year following its two successful floats of dollar- and renminbi-denominated securities in the offshore markets in the first quarter. Buoyed by

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Japan Eyeing WTO Suit as Option against U.S. Metal Tariffs

June 19, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s trade ministry on Monday signaled its readiness to hold negotiations with the United States over the country’s add-on steel and aluminum tariffs while keeping open the possibility of bringing the controversial U.S. measure to the World Trade Organization.

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