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Ruling parties agree to develop 3 casino resorts in Japan

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition ally, Komeito, agreed Monday to build casino-featuring integrated resorts at three locations in the country. The LDP had called for developing Japan’s first casino resorts in four to five places while

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Over half of high school girls view themselves as fat

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Over 50 percent of Japanese high school girls view themselves as fat, even though the country had the lowest proportion of such students categorized as obese when compared with the United States, China and South Korea, a survey has

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Tokyo Olympic head asks IOC to keep in mind N. Korean abduction issue

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Yoshiro Mori, head of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee, has asked the International Olympic Committee to keep in mind North Korea’s abductions of Japanese nationals while working on the reclusive country’s possible participation in the games.

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Monex eyes acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange coincheck

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Major Japanese online brokerage Monex Group Inc. is working to buy Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc. for several billion yen, informed sources said Tuesday. Monex aims to enter the virtual currency business by acquiring Coincheck, which was hit

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Japan adopts basic policy for Imperial succession

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government adopted in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday a basic policy on a series of ceremonies related to Emperor Akihito’s abdication and Crown Prince Naruhito’s accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne. Under the policy, the government will hold

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Govt-backed INCJ to sell more Renesas shares

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Innovation Network Corp. of Japan will sell part of its shareholdings in major chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. , informed sources said Tuesday. The government-backed investment fund will sell in the market around 12 percent of Renesas shares in terms

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Big makers’ sentiment worsens for 1st time in 2 years

April 2, 2018

Tokyo- Business sentiment among large manufacturers in Japan has deteriorated for the first time in two years, the Bank of Japan’s “tankan” quarterly survey for March showed Monday. The headline diffusion index for large manufacturers’ current business conditions stood at

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Lower House members’ average asset hits record low

April 2, 2018

Tokyo- Assets held by the 465 House of Representatives members, who won seats in the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, in the October 2017 election, averaged 29.17 million yen, data showed Monday. The figure tumbled 15.8 percent from

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