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Japan to Resume Beef Exports to Australia

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- The agriculture ministry said Tuesday that exports of Japanese beef to Australia will resume as early as in July, as the Australian government has decided to lift its 17-year-old import ban related to mad cow disease. Australia banned imports

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Abe Becomes Japan’s 3rd-Longest-Serving Prime Minister

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday replaced Junichiro Koizumi as the top Japanese government leader who served the third-longest consecutive term in the country’s history. Abe’s second tenure reached the 1,981st straight day, surpassing Koizumi’s stint of 1,980 days.

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Hibakusha Attends Ceremony for U.S. POWs Killed in Hiroshima A-Bombing

May 29, 2018

Lowell, Massachusetts- Shigeaki Mori, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city of Hiroshima, attended a memorial ceremony in Lowell, Massachusetts, on Monday for 12 U.S. prisoners of war killed due to the nuclear attack. Mori,

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Fukuta Named Japan’s New Envoy to Honduras

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government at a cabinet meeting Tuesday appointed former National Personnel Authority official Norio Fukuta as ambassador to Honduras, effective the same day. Fukuta, 58, entered the government agency in 1982 and served in such posts as chief

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Japan April Jobless Rate Unchanged at 2.5 Pct

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 2.5 pct in April, unchanged from the previous month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Tuesday. The number of jobless people decreased by 10,000, or 0.6 pct, from the previous

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Japan Brings S. Korean Duties to WTO Appellate Body

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government has filed an appeal with the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body over South Korea’s antidumping duties slapped on imports of valves for pneumatic transmission from Japan. In mid-April, the Geneva-based trade watchdog’s dispute settlement body decided

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Man Shot Dead by Police after Knife Attacks in Japan

May 29, 2018

Kumamoto- A man was shot dead by a police officer after committing knife attacks in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Monday. The shooting occurred after the man, 36, slashed another man, 65, with a knife around 4:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m.

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Japan to Move Up Free Preschool Education Plan

May 29, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to move up a plan to make preschool education free of charge to October 2019, when the country is scheduled to raise the 8 pct consumption tax to 10 pct, officials said. The government previously

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