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Japan, S. Korea Launch “New Relationship” Talks: Abe

May 16, 2018

Tokyo- Japan and South Korea have begun talks on their “new relationship” featuring broadly enhanced bilateral cooperation and interactions, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe disclosed Tuesday. Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in instructed officials of their respective governments to

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Japan Aims to Lead Pacific Islands Summit to Address N. Korean Issues

May 16, 2018

Tokyo- Ahead of a summit of Pacific island nations in Japan later this week, the Japanese government is working to have the meeting’s joint statement mention efforts to scrap North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and bring back home Japanese

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Abundant Water Highly Likely to Exist under “Moon Rabbit”

May 15, 2018

Tokyo- Abundant water is highly likely to exist in the form of ice under Oceanus Procellarum, a lunar mare that is well known as a “moon rabbit” in Japan, a Japanese research team has said. Although it was long thought

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Japan Regrets Conflict in Middle East over Jerusalem

May 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed regret on Tuesday over bloody clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian protesters. The violence, which left at least 59 people dead in the Gaza Strip on Monday, came as the United States moved

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Japan Stresses Role for IAEA in Denuclearizing N. Korea

May 15, 2018

Tokyo- The International Atomic Energy Agency’s verification expertise will be essential for the irreversible dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and program, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday. “We have to cooperate closely with the United States and

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Labor Ministry Deletes More Data from Key Work Style Survey

May 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s labor ministry said Tuesday that it has deleted more data from a key survey on work hours that was used for drawing up work style reform legislation. The ministry said that it has removed data for 2,492 of

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga Had Pancreatic Cancer

May 15, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref- Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said Tuesday that he has had pancreatic cancer. Onaga revealed this at a press conference at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha, the capital of the southernmost Japan prefecture, after he left

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Akita, Yamaguchi Candidates for Aegis Ashore: Defense Chief

May 15, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is considering a Ground Self-Defense Force facility in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, and another in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, as candidates for hosting the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Tuesday.

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