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Kono, Pompeo want North Korea’s concrete actions

April 30, 2018

Amman- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his US counterpart, Mike Pompeo, agreed on Monday that North Korea needs to take concrete actions toward its complete, verifiable and irreversible nuclear dismantlement. The ministers, meeting in Amman, confirmed that Japan, the

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Japan confers decoration on Jaime Zobel de Ayala, chairman emeritus of Ayala Corp.

April 30, 2018

The Government of Japan announced Sunday the conferment of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, on Jaime Zobel de Ayala, chairman emeritus of Ayala Corp., in recognition of his contribution to strengthening the economic relations between Japan and

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Subaru finds organized inspection data manipulation

April 30, 2018

Tokyo- Subaru Corp. said Friday it has concluded that fuel economy and emission data of new Subaru vehicles were manipulated during preshipment inspections in an organized way at its mainstay plants in Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan. In a report it

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Emperor has one year remaining before abdication

April 30, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Emperor Akihito has one year remaining before handing over the throne to Crown Prince Naruhito. The Emperor is scheduled to give his final speech to the public as a reigning emperor at a “Taiirei Seiden no Gi” abdication

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Sake breweries increasing in Europe on Washoku boom

April 30, 2018

London- Sake breweries are increasing in Europe thanks to the popularity of sushi and other washoku Japanese food. A front runner is Norwegian craft beer maker Nogne O, which invited a Canadian as brewmaster and started producing sake in 2010.

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Ministerial meeting held under Japan’s Middle East aid initiative

April 30, 2018

Madaba, Jordan- Ministers from Japan, Israel, the Palestinians and Jordan met in the Jordanian city of Madaba on Sunday to discuss a Japanese economic development initiative for Middle East peace. The meeting provided a rare opportunity for Israeli and Palestinian

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Sprint, T-Mobile agree to merge

April 30, 2018

New York- Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US said Sunday that they have agree to merge, a deal that represented efforts by Sprint parent Softbank Group Corp. to create a company that can better compete against two larger rivals in the

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Japan minister visits Philippine Coast Guard

April 30, 2018

Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Keichi Ishii was welcomed by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade during his visit at the Philippine Coast Guard Headquarters, Sunday afternoon. With Ishii was Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koji Haneda, and a 20-man delegation.

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