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Syria Strikes Likely to Send Yen Higher, Stocks Lower in Tokyo

April 15, 2018

Tokyo- U.S.-led airstrikes against Syria on Friday are expected to send the yen higher and Japanese stocks lower in Tokyo trading on Monday, analysts and economists said. “Investors will become more risk-averse, and a higher yen and lower stocks are

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Quake victims remembered in Kumamoto town

April 15, 2018

Mashiki, Kumamoto Pref.- A total of 261 people on Sunday prayed for victims of a series of strong earthquakes that struck the town of Mashiki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto two years ago. These people, including 63 bereaved

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Nearly 20 pct of college students in Japan secure job offers

April 15, 2018

Tokyo- Nearly 20 pct of job-hunting university students in Japan secured informal offers of employment next spring as of April 1 this year, a private survey showed. The share of such students rose 5.4 percentage points from a year before

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Japan enhances support for pregnant high school girls

April 15, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese education ministry has been enhancing support for pregnant high school girls, as its recent survey showed that 2,098 pregnant students were recognized at public high schools across Japan in fiscal 2015 and 2016. The ministry recently instructed

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Kuroda’s Start to 2nd Term Marred by Abe’s Plunging Popularity

April 15, 2018

Tokyo- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda made a gloomy start to his second term last week, amid the falling popularity of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who pushed for his reappointment, as well as overshadowed by signs of slowing economic

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GSDF Iraq logs include security analysis

April 15, 2018

Tokyo- Recently discovered daily activity logs of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s past mission in Iraq include analysis of security conditions in areas where GSDF troops operated and the whole of the Middle Eastern country, informed sources told Jiji Press

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Scandals alarm Japan ruling bloc; Abe’s re-election questioned

April 14, 2018

Tokyo- A wave of scandals rocking Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has alarmed the ruling bloc, leading some members to question whether Abe should be reelected Liberal Democratic Party president in an upcoming poll. The government is on the defensive as

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Another document suggests vet school plan’s link to Abe

April 14, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese agriculture minister Ken Saito on Friday released a document linked to a favoritism scandal involving Kake Educational Institution, which is led by a friend of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In the paper, Tadao Yanase, then executive secretary to

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