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BOJ chief Kuroda renews inflation pledge at start of 2nd term

April 10, 2018

Tokyo- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday started his second term by renewing his commitment to the central bank’s target of achieving 2 percent inflation. “I will make every effort to meet the price target early,” Kuroda told

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GSDF’s South Sudan daily logs newly found

April 10, 2018

Tokyo- Daily reports covering more than one year of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops’ activities in South Sudan where they were dispatched to join a UN peacekeeping mission have been newly found, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday. The daily

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Japan, China eye 1st high-level economic talks in 8 years

April 10, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese and Chinese governments are working to resume their high-level economic dialogue as early as this month, after eight years of suspension and ahead of a planned trilateral summit, also including South Korea, in May, informed sources said

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Gov’t official denies reported remark linking Abe to vet school plan

April 10, 2018

Tokyo- A senior official of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Tuesday denied his reported remark that Kake Educational Institution’s plan to open a university veterinary medicine faculty in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, is an issue related

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Apartments for trial relocation drawing popularity

April 9, 2018

Hadano, Kanagawa Pref.- Apartments offered by the city of Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, in a project to encourage families raising children to move to the suburban municipality on a trial basis have been drawing popularity with discount

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Nishiwaki elected Kyoto governor

April 9, 2018

Kyoto- Takatoshi Nishiwaki, former administrative vice minister of the Reconstruction Agency, was elected governor of Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Sunday in a race to pick a successor to the outgoing leader who has served for 16 years. In a

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Chinese Premier Li Likely to Visit Hokkaido in May

April 9, 2018

Beijing- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is arranging a trip to Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, to attend a forum of local government leaders when he visits Japan in May, informed sources said Sunday. The forum of Japanese prefectural governors and Chinese province

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Current account surplus down 28.7% in Feb.

April 9, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s current account surplus in February fell 28.7 percent from a year earlier to 2,076 billion yen, due to a plunge in the goods trade surplus partly reflecting higher crude oil prices, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The country’s

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