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Abe, Obama chat over sushi

March 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and former U.S President Barack Obama chatted over sushi lunch at a high-end restaurant in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district Sunday. Abe and Obama met for the first time since they visited Pearl Harbor in

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Osaka municipal subway to be privatized on April 1

March 25, 2018

Osaka- The Osaka municipal subway system in western Japan with a history of 85 years will be privatized on April 1, marking the first privatization of a public subway in the country. The subway will be operated by a new

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Japan asks Hong Kong to scrap food import restrictions

March 25, 2018

Hongkong- Japan on Sunday asked Hong Kong to scrap import restrictions on Japanese agricultural, forestry and fisheries products introduced in response to the March 2011 meltdowns at a northeastern Japan nuclear plant. Visiting Foreign Minister Taro Kono made the request

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Major Japan beer makers bet on canned chuhai with high alcohol content

March 25, 2018

Tokyo- Major Japanese brewers will make their full-fledged inroads into the market for canned “chuhai” cocktails with high alcohol content this spring, to meet growing demand from budget-minded consumers for low-priced products that can make them feel good without drinking

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Abe condemns terrorist attack in southern France

March 25, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday condemned a terrorist attack that occurred in southern France on Friday. In a message sent to French President Emmanuel Macron, Abe offered his condolences for all victims of the attack. He said

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Abe’s wife said “push ahead” over land feal: Ex-Moritomo chief

March 24, 2018

Osaka- Yasunori Kagoike, former head of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, who has been indicted for alleged subsidy fraud, told opposition lawmakers Friday that he has certainly heard Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife saying, “Please push ahead,” in support of the

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Japanese firms applying for US steel tariff exemptions

March 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese companies have started procedures to win exemptions from the US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports invoked Friday, informed sources said. It will take up to 90 days for the US government to decide whether to exclude specific

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Powerful gov’t personnel body blamed amid cronyism scandals

March 24, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government’s powerful personnel body has been criticized as a likely factor in making administrative officials excessively sensitive to the wishes of the prime minister’s office. This attitude seems to be behind a recent string of cronyism scandals,

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