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U.S. to Resume F-15 Flight Training after Halt for Only One Day

June 13, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- The U.S. military said Tuesday it will resume flight training with F-15 fighters from Wednesday, after only one day of suspension in the wake of the crash of the same type of aircraft off the southernmost Japan

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Ex-Abductee Urges Tokyo to Show Pyongyang Info on Surviving Victims

June 13, 2018

Niigata- Kaoru Hasuike, a former Japanese abductee who returned from North Korea 16 years ago, urged the government on Tuesday to now confront North Korea with information that it has about abduction victims who are still alive in the autocratic

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Philip Morris to Raise Cigarette Prices in Japan

June 13, 2018

Tokyo- Philip Morris Japan K.K. said Tuesday it will raise the prices of all 86 cigarette products sold in the country on Oct. 1, when the tobacco tax is raised by one yen per cigarette. The company will raise the

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Konan Univ. Effectively Curbs Cancer-Linked Protein

June 13, 2018

Kobe- A research team of Konan University in the western Japan city of Kobe has developed an effective photodynamic cancer therapy that specifically targets a protein that facilitates tumor growth and metastasis. As abnormal functioning of proteins in the so-called

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Japan Successfully Launches Intelligence Satellite

June 13, 2018

Tanegashima, Kagoshima Pref.- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the government-affiliated Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched on Tuesday an H-2A rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering radar satellite. The H-2A Launch Vehicle No. 39 lifted off from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center

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Trump Takes Up Issue of Japanese Abductees in Summit with Kim

June 12, 2018

Singapore- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he brought up the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by Pyongyang, during his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the same day. Trump was speaking at a press

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Japan to Offer Free Wi-Fi Services in All Shinkansen Trains

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government on Tuesday produced an annual action plan for tourism promotion, including a project to launch free Wi-Fi services in all Shinkansen bullet trains by the end of March 2019. The free Wi-Fi services are aimed at

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Japan Upper House Committee Passes Bill to Lower Adult Age

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- A committee of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of Japan’s parliament, passed on Tuesday a bill to lower the country’s adult age to 18 from the current 20. At the Judicial Affairs Committee, the bill to amend

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