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Tokyo man sues Coincheck over cryptocurrency theft

February 9, 2018

Tokyo- A man in his 40s in Tokyo sued cryptocurrency exchange operator Coincheck Inc. for damages on Thursday over a high-profile theft of virtual currency NEM that hit the company late last month. In the lawsuit filed with Tokyo District

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Abe, Pence agree to keep maximum pressure on N. Korea

February 8, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US Vice President Mike Pence, at a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday, reconfirmed their countries’ stances of continuing to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to make the reclusive state abandon its nuclear

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US Navy to form new strike group in southwestern Japan

February 8, 2018

Washington- The US Navy plans to form this month a new strike group led by the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship deployed at its Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, Jiji Press has learned. Specifically, multiple Aegis destroyers will

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KDDI, Daiwa Securities set up asset management firm

February 8, 2018

Tokyo- Major Japanese mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp. and major brokerage firm Daiwa Securities Group Inc. said Thursday they have jointly established an asset management company. The new company, KDDI Asset Management Co., is capitalized at 2 billion yen, of

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Japan sends rescue team to quake-hit Taiwan

February 8, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government sent a rescue team on Thursday to support search and rescue activities in eastern Taiwan hit by a deadly 6.4-magnitude earthquake late Tuesday. The team includes experts from the National Police Agency and the Fire and

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Japanese Victims of Human Trafficking Log Another Record High

February 8, 2018

Tokyo- The number of Japanese who became victims of human trafficking in their home country totaled 28 in 2017, hitting another record high, National Police Agency data showed Thursday. The figure was highest since 2001, the earliest year for which

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TEPCO Ordered to Pay 1.09 B. Yen to N-Accident Evacuees

February 8, 2018

Tokyo- Tokyo District Court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. on Wednesday to pay a total of 1,095.6 million yen in additional compensation, or some 3 million yen per person, to 318 evacuees from the March 2011 accident at

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Gridlock from Heavy Snow Grows in Central Japan

February 8, 2018

Fukui- The gridlock of vehicles in heavy snow grew on Wednesday on National Route 8 in Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures, both in the Hokuriku region of central Japan. As of Tuesday, the gridlock was seen on the section between the

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