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Okinawa Gov. Onaga undergoes pancreatic tumor operation

April 23, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- The Okinawa prefectural government said Monday that Governor Takeshi Onaga has undergone an operation to remove pancreatic tumor. Findings on whether the tumor was benign or malignant are expected to be available in two weeks. Onaga, 67,

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Nakamitsu makes Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders list

April 23, 2018

New York- Izumi Nakamitsu, UN undersecretary-general and high representative for disarmament affairs, has been named one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders by Fortune. She ranked 37th, becoming the only Japanese national to make the top 50 of the influential

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4 Chinese ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus

April 23, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships intruded into Japanese territorial waters off the Senkaku Islands in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on Monday. It was the first intrusion by any Chinese government ship since April 3 and the

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LDP lawmaker posts controversial tweet on sexual harassment

April 23, 2018

Tokyo- A lawmaker of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has tweeted that female lawmakers of opposition parties in photographs protesting alleged sexual harassment by the top Finance Ministry bureaucrat are “those with little such chance,” it was learned Monday. The

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SDF helicopter part likely to have fallen in SW Japan

April 22, 2018

Kumamoto- A part is believed to have fallen from a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, a local JGSDF division has said. According to the public relations office of the 8th Division, based in the city

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Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward Issues wrong terror alert

April 22, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward mistakenly warned its residents Saturday of the possibility of a massive terror attack. The wrong alert was issued through the ward’s disaster prevention and administrative radio system at around 9:45 a.m. (12:45 a.m. GMT). It was

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Japan, U.S. agree to keep pressure on North Korea

April 22, 2018

Washington- The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States agreed Friday to maintain pressure and sanctions on North Korea to make the country scrap all of its ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera

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Fighters take off from Chinese aircraft carrier in Western Pacific

April 22, 2018

Tokyo- Fighter jets took off from and landed on the Chinese military’s Liaoning aircraft carrier in the western Pacific on Friday, Japan’s Defense Ministry has said. Japan confirmed Chinese aircraft’s flattop takeoffs and landings in the seas for the first

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