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JICA, Philippines sign 104.53 billion yen ODA to support subway project

March 16, 2018

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), led by Chief Representative Yoshio Wada and the Philippine government, represented by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, signed Friday the 104.53 billion yen Official Development Assistance (ODA) supporting the initial construction of the country’s first

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Land ministry reported Moritomo documents to Prime Minister’s office on March 5

March 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s land ministry on March 5 informed the prime minister’s office of the existence of unaltered original documents related to a massive discount sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, informed sources said Wednesday. After the Japanese

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LDP proposal likely to define SDF as minimum force

March 15, 2018

Tokyo- A Liberal Democratic Party team broadly agreed Wednesday to seek a party consensus on a proposal stipulating the possession of minimum necessary force as the rationale for the existence of the Self-Defense Forces in the constitution. The proposal also

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Japan, Sri Lanka to cooperate on free Indo-Pacific strategy

March 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday agreed their countries will work together on Abe’s push to make the Indo-Pacific region free and open. Japan and Sri Lanka are “determined to make the

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Seafood firms in disaster areas exploring new sales channels

March 15, 2018

Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- Eager to rebuild their businesses, some seafood-processing companies devastated by the March 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan are exploring new sales channels, such as mail order and exports to other Asian markets. Many companies in coastal areas

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US Aegis ships test SM-2 missiles in drill with MSDF

March 15, 2018

Tokyo- -US Aegis ships conducted last week an exercise involving the launches of Standard Missile-2 surface-to-air missiles in the Philippine Sea during a joint drill with Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, officials of the US Navy have said. The SM-2 missiles

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Nobel Winner Negishi hospitalized after car accident, wife dies

March 15, 2018

Chicago- A car boarded by Eiichi Negishi, who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has caused an accident in Illinois, and his wife, Sumire, also in the vehicle, has died, sources including local police said Wednesday. Negishi, 82, professor

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LDP, DP agree to hold intensive Diet talks on Moritomo Mon.

March 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the opposition Democratic Party agreed Thursday to hold a House of Councillors Budget Committee meeting on Monday for intensive deliberations on the recently revealed manipulation of Ministry of Finance documents related to the

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