Emperor proclamation ceremony set for Oct. 22, 2019

March 30, 2018

Tokyo- A Japanese government committee decided Friday to hold on Oct. 22, 2019, a “Sokuirei Seiden no Gi” ceremony to proclaim Crown Prince Naruhito the Emperor after his accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1 the same year. The

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Japan studies scrapping political fairness clause of broadcast law

March 28, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is studying the idea of scrapping the broadcast law’s Article 4, which demands that broadcasters be “politically fair” and “not distort the facts” in reporting, informed sources said Tuesday. The move comes as the government is

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Emperor, Empress visit Okinawa island of Yonaguni

March 28, 2018

Yonaguni, Okinawa Pref.- Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko made their first-ever visit to the Okinawa Prefecture island of Yonaguni, the westernmost part of Japan, on Wednesday. The couple, who arrived in the southernmost Japan prefecture on Tuesday for a

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Abe administration relieved by testimony over document falsification

March 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling coalition were relieved on Tuesday to see a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat deny the involvement of politicians in document falsification related to a controversial state land sale. The sworn testimony by the former bureaucrat, Nobuhisa

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Abe likely to visit US April 17-19

March 28, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is considering arranging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States for April 17-19, informed sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday. During the visit, Abe is set to hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump

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JR West urged to put more resources into Shinkansen

March 28, 2018

Osaka- A panel of experts has proposed a package of corrective measures in response to the discovery of a crack on the undercarriage of a Shinkansen train of West Japan Railway Co., or JR West, calling on the company, among

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Japan has “great interest” in China-N. Korea summit: Abe

March 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday showed the country’s “great interest” in a summit reportedly held between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday. “We’re collecting and analyzing information on the meeting

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Gov’t urged in court to resolve forced sterilization issue soon

March 28, 2018

Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- A woman in her 60s in Miyagi Prefecture demanded in court Wednesday that the Japanese government act swiftly to resolve the issue of forced sterilization operations for people including herself under the now-defunct 1948 eugenic protection law.

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