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Core consumer prices rise for 13th month in Jan.

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s core consumer prices climbed 0.9 percent from a year earlier in January, up for the 13th month in a row, as upbeat oil prices led to rises in electricity and gasoline prices, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and

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Japan vows to use ODA to promote Indo-Pacific initiative

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to strategically utilize its official development assistance as a means to promote Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s goal of making the Indo-Pacific region free and open, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Specifically, Japan will promote the

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Manufacturers slow to strengthen quality control

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- Many Japanese manufacturers have been slow to strengthen their product quality control systems in response to recent revelations of irregularities at Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and other firms. There is a long way to go to absorb

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Japan raps S. Korea minister for calling comfort women sex slaves

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono criticized Friday the use of the expression sex slaves by a South Korean cabinet minister to refer to the so-called comfort women issue at a UN committee on Thursday. The use of the expression

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Ruling Bloc to Tell Soon Whether to Defer Work Style Reform Bills

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling coalition said Friday that it will respond early next week to an opposition camp request to give up a plan to submit bills for so-called work style reform during the ongoing session of parliament, amid a controversy

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Draft TPP text shown with modified membership, effectuation requirements

February 23, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government disclosed on Thursday a final draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact broadly agreed in November last year by Japan and 10 other countries without the United States. Under the assumption that new countries

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Takata, US states reach settlement over air bag probe

February 23, 2018

New York- Takata Corp. has reached an agreement with 44 US states and Washington, D.C., to settle allegations that the Japanese company concealed safety issues related to its air bags, the states said Thursday. The 650-milion-dollar settlement concludes a multi-state

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Duterte vows Japanese-funded projects to be free of bureaucratic delays

February 22, 2018

President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed that Japanese-funded projects will be free of bureaucratic delays. Duterte made the assurance during his meeting in Malacanang on Wednesday with the Japanese conglomerates as well as representatives of the Philippine-Japan Economic Cooperation. “He (Duterte) pledged his

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