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Moon vows to cooperate with Japan on N. Korean abduction issue

April 12, 2018

Seoul- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that his country will continue to cooperate with Japan on issues between Japan and North Korea, including Pyongyang’s abductions of Japanese nationals. Moon made the remark to visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro

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TEPCO’s huge tsunami estimate stunned regulators just before 2011 disaster

April 12, 2018

Tokyo- Four days before the March 2011 disaster, nuclear regulators were stunned by an estimate of huge tsunami that could hit Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 power plant, a TEPCO employee testified Wednesday. At a meeting

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Yakuza membership decreases for 14th straight year

April 12, 2018

Tokyo- Members of yakuza crime syndicates in Japan decreased for the 14th straight year to hit a record low in 2017, the National Police Agency said Thursday. The total membership as of the end of 2017 came to around 16,800,

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Shiga police officer arrested on charges of fatally shooting boss

April 12, 2018

Otsu, Shiga Pref.- Police arrested a 19-year-old patrol officer in the small hours of Thursday for allegedly shooting to death his boss at a police box in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. The suspect admitted the charges of killing the

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Aso hints ministers approve documents without reading them

April 12, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Minister of Finance Taro Aso suggested Thursday that ministers do not read all of administrative documents submitted to cabinet meetings for approval. “When it comes to whether ministers read all the documents, I’d say I think the reality

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Feb. core machinery orders hit 25-month high

April 11, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders rose 2.1 percent from the previous month to mark a 25-month high in February, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. The growth reflected robust demand from manufacturers, according to data from the government agency.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang to visit Japan from Sun.

April 11, 2018

Beijing- Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Japan for three days from Sunday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Wang will hold talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Sunday to pave the way for

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US Marine gets 4 years over fatal car crash in Okinawa

April 11, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a US Marine to four years in prison over drunk and negligent driving causing death in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The driving by Lance Cpl. Nicholas James-McLean was extremely dangerous and

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