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Fukushima students attend NY ceremony for 2011 disaster

March 5, 2018

New York- Students from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, attended a memorial service held in New York on Sunday for the victims of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the subsequent nuclear accident. Satsuki Sekine, 16, a second-grader from Futaba

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Nomura real estate worker’s death linked to overwork

March 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s labor authorities have determined that the 2016 suicide of a male employee at Nomura Real Estate Development Co. who had been improperly covered by a discretionary work system was related to overwork, according to informed sources. According to

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LDP to show resolve to revise Constitution in action plan

March 5, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to highlight in its annual party action plan for 2018 its resolve to take the lead in realizing constitutional revisions as desired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a draft obtained by Jiji

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Stocks sink deeper on concerns over Trump trade policy

March 5, 2018

Tokyo- Stocks remained mired in a slump on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday amid persistent concerns over US President Donald Trump’s protectionist trade policy, with the benchmark Nikkei average briefly sinking below 21,000. The 225-issue average shed 139.55 points, or

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41 structures preserved as remains of 2011 Disasters in Japan

March 4, 2018

Tokyo- At least 41 structures have been preserved in three northeastern Japan prefectures as the remains of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters, a Jiji Press tally showed. The structurers, located in 23 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and

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Tokyo Olympics men’s soccer final to move to Yokohama

March 4, 2018

Tokyo- The organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics plans to move the venue of the men’s soccer final at the Olympics from Tokyo to Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, informed sources said Sunday. The committee plans to hold the

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Abe to push Osaka Bid to host 2025 World Expo

March 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to make a strong push for a bid to host the 2025 World Expo in the western city of Osaka when he meets with a delegation from the Bureau International des Expositions. The

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58 Local Govts in Japan to Tap Internal Funds

March 4, 2018

Tokyo- A total of 58 prefectural and city governments in Japan plan to use their internal funds in fiscal 2018 to cover at least 268.4 billion yen in costs for disaster management and measures against aging public facilities, a Jiji

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