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JR East Seeks Ideas for Name of New Yamanote Line Station

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- -East Japan Railway Co., or JR East, started on Tuesday to solicit ideas from the public for the name of a planned new station on its Yamanote Line in central Tokyo. The new station, to be located between Tamachi

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Japan Foreign Ministry Removes Russian Division Chief

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Foreign Ministry has removed Tadaatsu Mori, director of the Russian Division at its European Affairs Bureau, from the post as he has committed an act that damages the public trust. Based on the national civil service law, the

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Japan Aims to Attain Primary Budget Surplus in FY 2025

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan aims to achieve a primary budget surplus in fiscal 2025, five years later than the previously envisioned fiscal 2020, according to a draft of the government’s new economic and fiscal policy guidelines unveiled on Tuesday. The draft guidelines

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Subaru’s Vehicle Inspection Scandal Expands

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Subaru Corp. said Tuesday that it has found additional improper cases in fuel economy and emissions tests conducted for its finished vehicles. Although tests to measure fuel economy and collect emissions data were conducted under conditions that deviated from

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MOF Official Tried to Secretly Replace Moritomo Document at Transport Ministry

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Over a controversial state land sale to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, a Ministry of Finance official tried to secretly replace a related document kept at the transport ministry with a falsified one, the MOF’s internal investigation has found. The

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Female Ambassadors to Promote Exercise among Japanese Women

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- The Japan Sports Agency plans to launch a campaign to promote exercise among women by appointing a female “sports ambassador” for each of the country’s 47 prefectures. Among the ambassadors will be fashion models who are well known and

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EXCLUSIVE: Japan to Scale Down BSE Checks on Dead Cattle

June 6, 2018

Tokyo- Nine years after the last domestic case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, was confirmed, the Japanese agriculture ministry is planning to relax the obligation to test dead cattle for the disease, Jiji Press has learned. The ministry is

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Inquest Sought in Prosecutor Decision over Document Tampering

June 6, 2018

Osaka- A group of citizens filed a petition with an Osaka prosecution inquest panel on Tuesday to review prosecutors’ decision not to indict former and current Ministry of Finance officials involved in the manipulation of official documents related to a

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