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Abe Shows Resolve on Abduction Issue to Families of Victims

June 15, 2018

Tokyo- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe highlighted his determination to resolve the issue of North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals, at a meeting with members of the victims’ families on Thursday. At the meeting, held at the prime minister’s office, Abe

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Japan Sees 3rd-Lowest Tax Evasion in FY 2017

June 15, 2018

Tokyo- The amount of tax evasion detected through compulsory investigations by Japanese tax authorities totaled 13.5 billion yen in fiscal 2017, marking the third-lowest level since data become available in 1972, the National Tax Agency said Thursday. The figure, including

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Japan to Join U.S.-EU Tariff Talks at WTO

June 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japan plans to join talks between the United States and the European Union at the World Trade Organization to settle their dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs as a third party, informed sources said Thursday. If Japan’s participation

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North Korea’s Kim Ready for Talks with Japan’s Abe

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signaled his readiness to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, informed sources said Thursday. During the summit in Singapore on Tuesday, Trump raised the

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea Vow to Denuclearize N. Korea

June 14, 2018

Seoul- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Thursday to cooperate closely for realizing the complete denuclearization of North Korea. They reached the agreement after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to work for

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TEPCO to Decommission Fukushima No. 2 N-Power Plant

June 14, 2018

Fukushima- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to decommission all four reactors at its Fukushima No. 2 nuclear power station, its president, Tomoaki Kobayakawa, said at a meeting with Masao Uchibori, governor of Fukushima Prefecture, home to the plant,

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Victims Remembered 10 Years after Inland Quake in Iwate, Miyagi

June 14, 2018

Kurihara, Miyagi Pref.- A memorial service was held on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of a powerful inland earthquake in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures, northeastern Japan, in 2008 that left a total of 23 people dead or missing. The

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3 Ptarmigan Chicks Hatch in Artificial Breeding in Central Japan

June 14, 2018

Toyama- Three chicks of the Japanese rock ptarmigan have been hatched through an artificial breeding program at a zoo in the central Japan city of Toyama, the municipal government said. Japan thus succeeded in incubating the endangered bird artificially for

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