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3 Firms to Be Fined 32 M. Yen over ANA Uniform Bid-Rigging

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Fair Trade Commission plans to slap three department store operators with fines totaling 32 million yen over their suspected bid-rigging for flight attendant uniforms delivered to All Nippon Airways, informed sources have said. The three–Sogo & Seibu Co.,

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Missing Dementia Sufferers Increase for 5th Yr in Japan

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- The number of dementia sufferers who were reported missing in Japan last year increased 431 from the previous year to 15,863, up for the fifth straight year, police data found Thursday. The number kept rising since the National Police

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JR Tokai Boosts Shinkansen Security Patrols after Stabbing Rampage

June 14, 2018

Nagoya- Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, has increased the number of patrolling guards on Shinkansen high-speed trains in the wake of a knife rampage last weekend in which one passenger was killed and two others were injured, company

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Tokyo Wary of Trump Hope to Pull U.S. Soldiers from S. Korea

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- A sense of alarm spread within the Japanese government after U.S. President Donald Trump Tuesday mentioned his wish to pull U.S. soldiers out of South Korea. The Trump remarks prompted Japanese Defense Ministry officials to rush to gather information

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Nara to Abolish Usage Fees for Sento-kun Mascot

June 14, 2018

Nara- The Nara prefectural government said Wednesday that it will make the use of Sento-kun, the official mascot of the western Japan prefecture, free of charge from August. The Nara government, which currently collects 3 pct fees from the use

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Haneda signed and exchanged notes for project to improving flood forecasting and warning system for Cagayan de Oro river basin and grant aid for human resource development scholarship

June 14, 2018

Japanese Ambassador Koji Haneda and Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter  Cayetano signed and exchanged notes on the project for improving flood forecasting and warning system for Cagayan de Oro basin and on the Japanese grant aid for human resource development scholarship (JDS)

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Kim Jong Un Did Not Repeat Claim about Abductions: Japanese Official

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not repeat his country’s claim that the issue of its abductions of Japanese citizens has been resolved during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, an aide to Japanese Prime

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Japanese Banks Promoting Women to Executive Positions

June 14, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese banks, long dominated by men, are now increasingly appointing women to executive positions. MUFG Bank, a unit of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., is set to promote Saiko Nanri, 49, head of its Corporate Communications Division, which is

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