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Japan Police Launch Intensive Crackdown on Tailgating

June 1, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese police on Friday launched an intensive crackdown on tailgating on expressways across the country. In the week-long campaign through Thursday, police will clamp down on malicious and dangerous acts, such as approaching other moving vehicles from behind and

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Japan Firms Fully Start Activities to Recruit New Graduates

Japan Firms Fully Start Activities to Recruit New Graduates

June 1, 2018

Tokyo- Major companies in Japan fully started on Friday activities, including interviews, for recruiting university students who graduate in spring 2019. Of job-seeking students, 42.7 pct already secured informal work contacts as of May 1, up 7.6 percentage points from

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Japanese Leave for Russian-Held Isle under Visa-Free Program

June 1, 2018

Nemuro, Hokkaido- A group of 65 Japanese people departed from a port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Friday for Etorofu, one of the four Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands, under a bilateral visa-free program. The visit is the first of its kind

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Ninth MRRV from Japan arrives in Manila

June 1, 2018

The ninth 44-meter Multi Role Response Vessel (MRRV-4410) of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) from Japan arrived in Manila Thursday morning. The MRRV-4410 and its crew were welcomed by Coast Guard personnel led by Rear Admiral Rolando Legaspi, of PCG Surface

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Ex-MOF Exec Sagawa Escapes Indictment over Moritomo Scandal

June 1, 2018

Osaka, May 31 (Jiji Press)–The Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office said Thursday that it has decided not to indict former Ministry of Finance official Nobuhisa Sagawa over the falsification of documents on the controversial state land sale to Moritomo Gakuen.

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Hibakusha Mori Wants U.S. to Use Its Capabilities for Peace

June 1, 2018

New York, May 31 (Jiji Press)–Shigeaki Mori, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, said Thursday that he wants the United States to use its capabilities for world peace. The 81-year-old Japanese, a hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor,

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Kawada Named Japan’s New Envoy to Poland

June 1, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting on Friday named Tsukasa Kawada, ambassador in charge of issues in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, as ambassador to Poland, effective the same day. Kawada, 63, joined the Foreign Ministry in 1977.

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Abe May Visit France on July 12-14

June 1, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may visit France on July 12-14, informed sources have said. Abe is expected to attend an opening ceremony for Japonismes 2018, an event to introduce Japanese culture, in Paris on July 12, according to

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