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Japan marks 23rd anniversary of deadly sarin attack

March 20, 2018

Tokyo- A ceremony was held at Kasumigaseki Station on Tuesday to mourn the victims of the 1995 deadly sarin gas attacks by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult on the Tokyo subway system, which killed 13 people and left more than

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Chinese Premier expresses intention to make 1st visit to Japan

March 20, 2018

Beijing- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Tuesday that he is considering making his first visit to Japan as premier in the first half of this year. Li told a press conference after the closing session of the National People’s Congress

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Ex-MOF official to give testimony on Moritomo scandal on March 27

March 20, 2018

Tokyo- Former Ministry of Finance official Nobuhisa Sagawa, a key figure in the Moritomo Gakuen favoritism scandal, is set to be summoned to give sworn testimony before the Diet on March 27, it was learned on Tuesday. The ruling coalition

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Officials alarmed by sliding public support for Abe

March 19, 2018

TOKYO- A sense of crisis is growing among government and ruling coalition officials in Japan, alarmed by sliding public support for the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The decline in popularity apparently reflects a scandal over the Finance Ministry’s

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LDP lawmaker made inquiry into lecture by ex-vice ministry

March 19, 2018

Tokyo- A Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker asked the education ministry why a municipal school in Nagoya invited former vice education minister Kihei Maekawa to a class as a guest speaker in February, government sources have said. After the inquiry from

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Japan logs 1st trade surplus in 2 months in Feb.

March 19, 2018

Tokyo- Japan logged its first customs-cleared trade surplus in two months in February due mainly to brisk vehicle exports to the United States, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Japan posted a trade surplus of 3.4 billion yen, larger than the

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Household financial assets hit record 1,880 trillion yen

March 19, 2018

Tokyo- The balance of household financial assets in Japan totaled a record 1,880 trillion yen at the end of 2017, up 3.9 percent from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed Monday. The growth came as the market value

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Gov’t striving to cut teachers’ overwork

March 19, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s education ministry has kicked off earnest efforts for work style reform for school teachers, addressing a longtime problem for educators. A fiscal 2016 survey by the ministry found that about 30 percent of public elementary school teachers and

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