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Li Positive about Visiting Japan for 3-Way Summit

January 29, 2018

Beijing- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang responded positively on Sunday to an invitation from Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono to visit Japan to take part in a three-way summit also involving South Korea. At a meeting in Beijing, Kono proposed that

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Reports sought from all virtual currency exchanges

January 29, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Financial Services Agency has asked all virtual currency exchanges in the country to submit reports on how they are managing customer assets, informed sources told Jiji Press on Monday. If problems are found in their methods to manage

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Financial Services Agency issues biz improvement order to hacked Coincheck

January 29, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Financial Services Agency issued a business improvement order to virtual currency exchange operator Coincheck Inc. on Monday, after the company was robbed of about 58 billion yen’s worth of customer assets due to hacking last week. The FSA

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JICA backs PCG in ramping up design of 94-meter patrol vessel fleet 

January 29, 2018

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) handed over to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) recently the final report of the design review of the new 94-meter patrol vessels under the JICA-Philippine cooperation Maritime Safety Capability Improvement project for the Philippine

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Japanese regional banks raising service fees

January 28, 2018

Tokyo- An increasing number of Japanese regional banks plan to raise commission fees for services including money exchange and remittance. The fee increase reflects their worries about worsening business conditions due to rock-bottom interest rates and falling populations. The higher

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Japan law to require people on welfare to use generic drugs

January 28, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s public assistance law will stipulate that welfare recipients should use generic drugs in principle if their doctors see no problem, welfare ministry sources told Jiji Press on Saturday. By encouraging more active use of generic medicines, which are

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Japan to step up support for biz succession at small firms

January 28, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese industry ministry plans to reinforce prefecture-based networks of experts to support business succession at small companies, in response to the aging of small business owners, informed sources told Jiji Press on Saturday. The ministry will designate “succession

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Seismic capacity unchecked for half of housing in Japan, says survey

January 28, 2018

Tokyo- More than half of housing in Japan have not undergone seismic capacity assessments, a Cabinet Office survey suggested on Saturday. According to the survey, 51.5 pct of the respondents said they have not received seismic diagnoses for their homes.

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