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Japan, Chile to Cooperate for Early TPP Enforcement

February 24, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, at their meeting in Tokyo Friday, underscored the importance of cooperating closely for early enforcement of the new Trans-Pacific Partnership deal excluding the United States. Abe and Bachelet agreed

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Nissan, DeNA show outline of autonomous mobility service test

February 24, 2018

Yokohama- Nissan Motor Co. and DeNA Co. announced Friday the outline of a planned joint trial of an autonomous mobility service using a smartphone app, aiming for a service launch in the early 2020s. The trial will be the first

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Miyagi school, which lost 74 kids in March 2011 tsunami, closed

February 24, 2018

Ishinomaki, Miyagi Pref.- A ceremony was held on Saturday to mark the closure of Okawa municipal elementary school in northeastern Japan, which lost 74 of its 108 students in the March 2011 earthquake-triggered massive tsunami. The closure of the school

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Japan adopts bill to allow digital textbooks

February 24, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government, at a cabinet meeting on Friday, adopted a bill to revise laws, including the school education law, to allow the use of digital textbooks via tablet computers and other devices at elementary, junior high and high

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Japan sees gold smuggling surge in 2017

February 24, 2018

Tokyo- The number of cases of gold smuggling into Japan in 2017 surged 66 pct from the previous year to a record 1,347, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The volume of gold seized by customs officials increased some 2.2-fold to

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US helicopter flies over Okinawa school again

February 24, 2018

Tokyo- A US military helicopter has flown over an Okinawa Prefecture elementary school onto which a US helicopter window dropped in December, according to Japanese officials. This was the second such development since the December incident, which sparked a fierce

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Japan wins in WTO fishery dispute with S. Korea

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel has ruled in favor of Japan in the case of South Korea’s import ban on Japanese fishery products, introduced after the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011, Japanese officials said Thursday. The

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Crown Prince turns 58, pledging self-improvement efforts

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, who turned 58 on Friday and is set to become the new Emperor on May 1 next year, has expressed his resolve to keep trying to improve himself. “Continuing to take how the Emperor and

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