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Gov’t seeks penalty on Nissan over inspection scandal

March 26, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s transport ministry on Monday called on a local court to impose an administrative fine on Nissan Motor Co. as the company was found to have continued to partially carry out inappropriate vehicle inspections even after it was instructed

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MOF emphasizes Sagawa’s role in Moritomo paper falsification

March 26, 2018

Tokyo- Mitsuru Ota, director-general of the Ministry of Finance’s Financial Bureau, said Monday that Nobuhisa Sagawa, then chief of the bureau, was among officials that instructed alterations in documents on the dubious state land transaction with private school operator Moritomo

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Ex-Moritomo chief claims to have kept in touch with Abe wife

March 26, 2018

Osaka- Yasunori Kagoike, former head of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, claimed Monday that he had contact about once a month with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife, Akie, once appointed as honorary principal of an elementary school planned by the group.

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LDP draft raises concerns about expansion of SDF duties

March 26, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese Liberal Democratic Party’s draft of constitutional revisions has raised concerns about possible further expansion of the Self-Defense Forces’ duties. At an LDP convention Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed his determination to revise the constitution’s war-renouncing Article

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Gov’t eyes commercial dev’t of Metro subway stations to help pay off JICA loan

March 25, 2018

The government will initiate the country’s first-ever underground commercial development by leasing retail spaces around the stations of the would-be Metro Manila Subway  to generate revenues that will help pay off the loan  extended by Japan for this multibillion-dollar mass transport project,

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Abe determined to realize Article 9 revision

March 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday stressed his determination to realize a revision to war-renouncing Article 9 of the country’s constitution. “Let’s make the constitution spell out the Self-Defense Forces to put a period to the controversy over

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Japan PM apologizes to LDP reg’l leaders over document scandal

March 25, 2018

Tokyo- Liberal Democratic Party President Shinzo Abe on Saturday apologized to LDP senior regional members over the manipulation of Ministry of Finance documents related to state-owned land sold to school operator Moritomo Gakuen. “I deeply feel responsible for the situation

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3 die in accident in snowy central Japan mountain

March 25, 2018

Nagano- A group of seven men and women fell while climbing snowy Mount Amida in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Sunday morning. All seven were rescued by helicopter, but two men and one woman were later confirmed dead,

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