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2020 Tokyo Games to Use Electricity from Renewable Sources

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will use electricity from renewable sources, the organizing committee said Monday. The committee set a goal of having all electricity needed for competition venues, the athlete village, the international broadcasting center and

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Families Want N. Korea Summit to Lead to Return of Japanese Abductees

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- The families of Japanese citizens kidnapped by Pyongyang decades ago on Monday expressed hopes that a U.S.-North Korea summit slated for Tuesday will lead to an early return home of the victims. “Please return my sweet child. That’s it,”

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U.S. to Suspend Flight Training with F-15 Fighters

June 12, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Following the crash of an F-15 fighter off the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Monday morning, the U.S. military said later in the day that it will suspend flight training with the same type of aircraft until

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Trump Reassures Abe on Abductions at N. Korea Summit

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- U.S. President Donald Trump gave reassurances Monday that he will bring up the issue of Pyongyang’s abductions of Japanese citizens at his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday. Trump told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Emperor, Empress Visit Fishing Port in Fukushima

June 12, 2018

Soma, Fukushima Pref.- Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Matsukawaura fishing port in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday to take a look at the postdisaster recovery in the area’s fishing industry. On the final day of the Imperial couple’s

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Tottori Preparing for Possible Abductee Return from N. Korea

June 12, 2018

Tottori- The Tottori prefectural government is moving forward with preparations for the possible return of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea after the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit on Tuesday. Hopes for the possible return of Japanese abductees, including Kyoko Matsumoto,

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Retrial Overturned over 1966 Murder in Central Japan

June 12, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo High Court overturned Monday a lower court ruling allowing the reopening of a high-profile 1966 murder case against Iwao Hakamada, who was released from death row in 2014. Canceling the ruling issued in March 2014 by Shizuoka District

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Japan Protests Russian Work Involving 3 Disputed Isles

June 11, 2018

Tokyo- Japan has protested Russia’s work to connect Sakhalin and three of the four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan with fiber optics, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. Following Russia’s notification of the start of the work to establish

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