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Japan Panel Forgoes Scrapping of Broadcast Law’s Key Clause

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese government council on Monday stopped short of proposing the scrapping of the broadcasting law’s Article 4, which demands that broadcasters be politically fair in reporting. In its proposals to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Regulatory Reform Promotion

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EXCLUSIVE: UNC-R Chief Wants Diplomatic Solution to N. Korea Tensions

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- U.N. Command-Rear Commander Adam Williams has expressed hopes for a peaceful solution through diplomacy to the tensions over the Korean Peninsula. The situation surrounding the peninsula is “changing very rapidly,” Williams said in a recent interview with Jiji Press.

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Kobe Edu Board Official, Principal Conceal Memos on Suicide-Leading Bullying

June 4, 2018

Kobe- A senior official of the Kobe municipal education board was found to have instructed the then principal of a junior high school to cover up interview-based memos proving bullying of a student who committed suicide in 2016, the board

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Japan Astronaut Kanai Returns to Earth after ISS Mission

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, 41, safely returned to Earth on Sunday after a 166-day stay in the International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Kanai and two other astronauts landed on the grasslands of Kazakhstan at 9:39 p.m.

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No Reference to Max Pressure in 3-Nation Statement

No Reference to Max Pressure in 3-Nation Statement

June 4, 2018

Singapore- Japan, the United States and South Korea stopped short of referring to maximum pressure on North Korea in a joint statement released after a meeting of their defense ministers Sunday. In the statement, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and

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Major Crime Victims’ Group Disbanded after 18 Years

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- A major Japanese group for crime victims and their families was disbanded on Sunday after 18 years of activities. The National Association of Crime Victims and Surviving Families, or NAVS, held its final gathering in Tokyo, bringing together some

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Japan Govt Strategy to Feature Training in AI Field

June 4, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government’s upcoming integrated innovation strategy will feature human resources training in the field of artificial intelligence, it was learned Sunday. According to an outline of the strategy, to be adopted at a cabinet meeting in mid-June, the

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Japan, U.S., S. Korea Agree to Keep Pressure on N. Korea

June 4, 2018

Singapore- Japan, the United States and South Korea on Sunday agreed that they will maintain pressure on North Korea to take concrete actions toward its denuclearization. The policy was confirmed at a meeting among Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, U.S.

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