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Japan Household Spending Down 1.3 Pct in April

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Household consumption spending in Japan in April fell 1.3 pct from a year before in price-adjusted real terms, marking its third consecutive month of decrease, the internal affairs ministry said Tuesday. Spending by households with two or more members

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Russian Pres. Putin Invites N. Korea’s Kim to Int’l Economic Forum

June 5, 2018

Moscow- Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the Eastern Economic Forum, the deputy speaker of the Russian lower house said Monday. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to attend the international economic

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Japan’s Tourism GDP Grows 2 T. Yen in 4 Yrs: White Paper

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s tourism gross domestic product grew 2 trillion yen between 2012 and 2016, contributing to the country’s economic expansion, a government white paper said Tuesday. According to the 2018 white paper on tourism, adopted at a cabinet meeting, tourism

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Abe Clarifies Intention to Retain Aso as Finance Minister

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that he has no plans to dismiss Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso over the manipulation of documents by the Ministry of Finance in a high-profile cronyism scandal. “Official

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MOF Report Hints Internal Action Triggered by Abe’s Remarks on Moritomo Scandal

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese Ministry of Finance investigation report on the MOF’s tampering and scrapping of documents related to the controversial discount state land sale to a school operator suggested Monday that senior MOF officials took a course of action following

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2 U.S. Ospreys Make Emergency Stops at Southern Japan Airport

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Two CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force made emergency landings at Amami Airport in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Monday afternoon. No one was injured, Japan’s Defense Ministry said, adding that commercial flights were not

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Morinaga Milk Customer Data Leaked due to Hacking

June 5, 2018

Tokyo- Morinaga Milk Industry Co. said Monday that personal data on up to 92,822 customers may have been stolen as its health food shopping website was hacked. Announcing the results of an external investigation of the unauthorized access case, the

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Man Served Arrest Warrant for Murder of Girl in Central Japan

June 5, 2018

Niigata- A 23-year-old man who has been held for abandoning and damaging the body of a seven-year-old girl in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan was served a fresh arrest warrant on Monday for allegedly killing her last month. Haruka Kobayashi is

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