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US amphibious assault ship marks start of F-35B operations

March 22, 2018

Tokyo- The USS Wasp amphibious assault ship has marked the start of the first full carrier-based operations of F-35B jets from the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, US sources said. An expeditionary strike group including the Wasp, based

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Maekawa denounces ministry’s meddling in lecture at school

March 22, 2018

Nagano- Former senior Japanese bureaucrat Kihei Maekawa on Wednesday strongly criticized the education ministry for making inquiries about a lecture he gave at a school. “Sending such questions was unprecedented, and the act represented unjust control (by the government),” he

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1st-graders prone to fatal traffic accidents in Japan

March 22, 2018

Tokyo- First grade elementary school students were eight times more likely to be killed in traffic accidents while walking than sixth-graders in 2013-2017 in Japan, the National Police Agency said in a survey report on Thursday. Of 84 elementary school

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China overtakes Japan as No. 2 patent filer

March 22, 2018

Tokyo- China overtook Japan as the world’s second largest filer of international patents last year, the United Nations said Wednesday. The number of patent applications filed by Chinese applicants under the Patent Cooperation Treaty last year surged 13.4 percent from

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Japan, Russia agree to accelerate talks on joint isle activities

March 21, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his visiting Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, agreed on Wednesday to accelerate talks on specifics of planned joint economic activities at the four disputed northwestern Pacific islands so that certain progress can be made

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G-20 reconfirm fight against protectionism

March 21, 2018

Buenos Aires- Top finance and monetary officials from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies finished their two-day talks on Tuesday by reconfirming their determination to fight protectionism. In a communique adopted at the meeting in the Argentine capital

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Mitsubishi boosts stake in Mitsubishi Motors thru tender offer

March 21, 2018

Tokyo- Major Japanese trader Mitsubishi Corp. said Wednesday that it has made Mitsubishi Motors Corp. an equity-method affiliate in a tender offer through Tuesday. The trading company’s stake in the automaker rose to 20 percent from 9.24 percent in terms

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Toyota to suspend US public road test of self-driving cars

March 21, 2018

New York- Toyota Motor Corp. plans to suspend its public road test of self-driving cars in the United States for the time being, company officials said Tuesday. The test suspension comes after a recent accident in Arizona, in which a

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