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Taiwan Fines 100-Yen Shop Biz Daiso for Illegal Imports

May 24, 2018

Taiwan- The Taiwanese government has fined a local unit of Japanese 100-yen shop operator Daiso Industries Co. 41.64 million new Taiwan dollars, or about 150 million yen, for illegal imports, it was learned Wednesday. Taiwan also invalidated the company’s status

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Japan Govt Urged to Post Stable Budget Surplus by FY 2025

May 24, 2018

Tokyo- An advisory panel urged the Japanese government on Wednesday to generate a primary budget surplus on a stable basis by fiscal 2025 at the latest under a new fiscal reconstruction program. The Fiscal System Council, which advises the finance

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Ex-Aum Death-Row Inmate Publishes VX Research Paper

May 24, 2018

Tokyo- Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former senior member of doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo now on death row, has published a research paper on the deadly VX nerve agent, it was learned Wednesday. The paper on VX, used in the 2017 assassination

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Holes Found on Air Ducts for Control Rooms at 6 Reactors in Japan

May 24, 2018

Tokyo, May 23 (Jiji Press)–Holes from corrosion have been found on air ducts for the main control rooms at a total of six reactors at four nuclear power plants in Japan, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday. The announcement came

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Defense Ministry Denies Organized Cover-Up of GSDF Iraq Logs

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday denied an organized cover-up of daily logs on the Ground Self-Defense Force’s Iraq mission, in a report of its probe into the documents the ministry initially claimed did not exist. Over the problem, the

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Komae Mayor to Resign over Sexual Harassment

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- Kunihiko Takahashi, mayor of the Tokyo suburban city of Komae, said Wednesday he will resign to take responsibility for causing confusion in the municipal government due to sexual harassment. With female officials of the city government claiming under their

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MOF Submits Records on Negotiations with Moritomo

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Ministry of Finance submitted to parliament on Wednesday copies of original records on negotiations with school operator Moritomo Gakuen, which is at the center of favoritism allegations against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration. The MOF also said it

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TPP-Related Bill Passes Japan Lower House Committee

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- A bill needed to implement a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement passed a Japanese parliamentary committee on Wednesday. It was adopted at the Cabinet Committee of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament,

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