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Japan, Estonia Agree to Enhance Cyber Defense Cooperation

May 7, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and his Estonian counterpart, Juri Luik, agreed on Sunday to strengthen the two nations’ cyber defense cooperation, Japan’s Defense Ministry said the same day. The two ministers reached the accord at their meeting in

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New Party Launched by Members of DP, Party of Hope

May 7, 2018

Tokyo- A new political party was created in Japan on Monday through a merger of two opposition parties–the Democratic Party and the Party of Hope–with the participation of 62 lawmakers. The merger is intended to reunite DP-linked forces that split

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Demolition Work Starts at Sagamihara Care Home after 2016 Massacre

May 7, 2018

Sagamihara, Kanagawa Pref.- Work began Monday to demolish care home buildings in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, where dozens of disabled people were killed and injured in a stabbing rampage in 2016. The work at the care home, Tsukui Yamayuri-en, started with

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Sony Bank to Use AI in Housing Loan Screening

May 7, 2018

Tokyo- Sony Bank, a unit of Sony Financial Holdings Inc., said Monday that the bank will introduce automated preliminary screening for housing loan applications using artificial intelligence technology. The system, scheduled to start on Thursday, will shorten the length of

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To Appeal Okawa School Tsunami Ruling: Ishinomaki Mayor

May 7, 2018

Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- The Ishinomaki city government in Miyagi Prefecture has decided to appeal a high court ruling ordering the city and the northeastern Japan prefecture to pay damages over 2011 tsunami-caused deaths of students at a municipal elementary school.

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N. Korea Raps Japan for Keeping Pressure Campaign

May 7, 2018

Seoul- The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, on Sunday criticized Japan for maintaining a tough stance against Pyongyang. Japan, which insists on keeping sanctions and pressure on North Korea until the country

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Japan Aiming to Team Up with Island Nations on Indo-Pacific Strategy

May 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan, at an upcoming summit meeting, aims to beef up collaboration with Pacific island nations for promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. At the eighth Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting, or PALM

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Japan Govt to Support Exports of Precooked Rice

May 6, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s agriculture ministry is set to introduce a subsidy program aimed at helping improve plastic containers for cooked white rice in an effort to increase exports of the product, informed sources have said. Many of such prepackaged steamed rice

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