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Abe seeks concrete proposals on Constitutional amendment

January 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on ruling and opposition parties on Monday to submit concrete proposals on constitutional amendment in order to promote discussions on the issue at the Diet, the country’s parliament. “It is the constitution that

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No Choice But to Follow IOC Decision: Japan Ice Hockey Official

January 21, 2018

Tokyo- An official of the Japan Ice Hockey Federation has said that the Japanese side has no alternative but to follow the International Olympic Committee’s approval for the formation of a joint women’s ice hockey team by North and South

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Long-term stress up cancer risk by 20 pct for Men: Study

January 21, 2018

Tokyo- The cancer risk for men feeling high stress for a long period is 20 pct higher than that for men free of stress, according to a tracking survey by a Japanese team of researchers, including from the National Cancer

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Top shareholder makes tough proposal to Nippon Paint

January 21, 2018

Osaka- Major Singaporean paint maker Wuthelam has proposed that people related to the group account for a majority of members of the board of Japan’s Nippon Paint Holdings Co. , it was learned Saturday. Wuthelam is the top shareholder of

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Japanese critic Susumu Nishibe dies in apparent suicide

January 21, 2018

Tokyo- Conservative Japanese critic Susumu Nishibe died in apparent suicide on Sunday. He was 78. Around 6:40 a.m. (9:40 p.m. Saturday GMT), police received an emergency call reporting that someone went into the Tama River in the Denenchofu district in

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Japan Justice Ministry eyeing dementia test for newly elderly inmates: sources

January 21, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to conduct a simple dementia test from fiscal 2018 for newly imprisoned convicts aged 60 or over, informed sources have said. With the proportion of elderly prisoners on the increase in the nation, the ministry

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Onodera backs U.S. military activities in South China Sea

January 21, 2018

Kumamoto- Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Sunday that the country “supports the U.S. military’s activities in the South China Sea.” He made the remark to reporters at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s camp in the city of Kumamoto, southwestern

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N. Korea cancels advance mission’s visit to S. Korea

January 20, 2018

Seoul- North Korea has canceled without giving a reason its plan to send to South Korea an advance delegation to prepare for the dispatch of an art troupe to the South during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which will open on

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