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Majority tolerant of physical discipline on children: NGO survey

February 16, 2018

Tokyo- A majority of Japanese people are tolerant of physically disciplining children, according to a recent survey by nongovernmental organization Save the Children Japan. Of 20,000 respondents aged 20 or older in the online survey last July, 56.7 pct took

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Japan to raise gov’t workers’ retirement age to 65

Japan to raise gov’t workers’ retirement age to 65

February 16, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government decided at a meeting of related ministers on Friday to raise the retirement age for national public servants from the current 60 to 65 in stages. The government will ask the National Personnel Authority to consider

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Senior US Naval officers in Okinawa sacked

February 16, 2018

Washington-The US Navy said Thursday that it had sacked the command triad of its mobile construction unit in Okinawa Prefecture following “an incident of private misconduct.” The three belong to the California-based Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4, currently deployed to

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Gov’t presents plan to reappoint Kuroda as BOJ governor

February 16, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government presented Friday its plan to seek parliamentary approval for reappointing Haruhiko Kuroda, 73, as Bank of Japan governor. For deputy governors of the central bank, the government proposed appointing Waseda University Prof. Masazumi Wakatabe, 52, and

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Japan’s Kono Appeals for Need to Keep Pressure on N. Korea

February 16, 2018

Munich- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, in a speech on Friday, appealed for the need to continue applying pressure on North Korea to make the reclusive state abandon its nuclear and missile development programs. Addressing the Munich Security Conference in

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Abe calls Japan’s defense-only posture “tough strategy”

February 15, 2018

Tokyo- -Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reaffirmed Wednesday Japan’s adherence to an exclusively defense-oriented national security posture, while admitting it is a tough strategy to take. “If regarded purely as a defense strategy, the posture we take is a very tough

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Abe negative about Moon’s possible visit to N. Korea

February 15, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday sounded negative about the idea of South Korean President Moon Jae-in visiting North Korea now. “The important thing is whether the visit is expected to help make progress” toward North Korea’s denuclearization,

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Fatal accidents by aged drivers stay at high level in 2017

February 15, 2018

Tokyo- Fatal accidents in Japan caused by drivers aged 75 or older totaled 418 in 2017, down by 41 from the previous year, but still at a high level compared with accidents caused by younger drivers, the National Police Agency

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