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Japan Diet Starts Deliberations on Casino Bill

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- The Diet, Japan’s parliament, started deliberations on a bill to introduce casino-featuring integrated resorts (IRs) at a plenary meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The bill calls for allowing up to three IRs, which will also include

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Criminal Complaint Filed against Suruga Bank Workers

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- A group of share-house owners on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against Suruga Bank workers, alleging their involvement in document forgery related to loans in an investment scheme for such houses. According to the complaint, a total of 33

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Defense Ministry to Deny Cover-Up of Iraq Mission Logs

May 23, 2018

Tokyo- The Defense Ministry is set to deny an organizational cover-up of daily logs on the Ground Self-Defense Force’s 2004-2006 mission in Iraq, in a report on its investigation into the discovery of the documents, which were initially claimed to

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Additional U.S. Missile Destroyer Arrives in Yokosuka

May 23, 2018

Yokosuka, Kanagawa Pref.- The Aegis destroyer USS Milius capable of intercepting ballistic missiles arrived at the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Tuesday. The deployment is aimed at strengthening the U.S. capabilities to deal with

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45 Pct of Younger Farmers Earn 10 M. Yen or More in Sales

May 22, 2018

Tokyo- An annual government report on agriculture showed Tuesday that 45.2 pct of farming households with workers aged 49 or younger in Japan earned 10 million yen or more in sales in 2015. The number of farming households with younger

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held at J-Village Station in Fukushima

May 22, 2018

Fukushima- A ceremony was held on Tuesday to start work to build a new railway station near the J-Village national soccer center in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The station is planned to be in service in April 2019 in line

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Foreign Media Arrive in N. Korea to Cover Nuke Site Destruction

May 22, 2018

Seoul- A group of some 20 journalists, mainly from U.S. and Chinese news organizations, entered North Korea on Tuesday to report on the country’s planned destruction of its nuclear test site in Punggye-ri. Departing from Beijing Capital International Airport aboard

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Abe Denies Meeting with Kake in 2015 over Vet School Plan

May 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday denied having had a meeting in February 2015 with the head of a school operator to discuss its veterinary school plan at the center of favoritism allegations against his administration. “I didn’t

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