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Abe eager to visit Russia in May for talks with Putin

January 8, 2018

Nagato, Yamaguchi Pref.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has stressed his eagerness to visit Russia in May for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “If circumstances permit, I’d like to visit Russia in May and hold a bilateral summit

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Japan eyes 1st survey on middle-aged social recluses

January 7, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to conduct in fiscal 2018 its first nationwide survey on middle-agers who are shutting themselves in their homes. The survey will cover randomly picked 5,000 households with members aged between 40 and 59 to estimate

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Lawmaker group eyes law to protect manga, anime

January 7, 2018

Tokyo- A group of suprapartisan lawmakers in Japan plans to introduce a bill to the upcoming ordinary session of the Diet to set up a national media art center to collect and store original manga copies and anime cels in

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Chinese govt ships enter Japanese waters off Senkakus

January 7, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Four Chinese coast guard ships entered Japanese waters off the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday, the Japan Coast Guard said. This was the first intrusion by a Chinese government ship into Japan’s territorial waters off

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Uruma mayor protests U.S. chopper crash-landing

January 7, 2018

Uruma, Okinawa Pref.- Toshio Shimabukuro, mayor of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, lodged Sunday a protest with the Defense Ministry against a U.S. helicopter’s crash-landing on an island in his city the previous day. Meeting with Koichiro Nakajima, chief of the ministry’s

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Abe to decide whether to run in LDP race after end of Diet session

January 7, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, told a television program aired Sunday that he will decide whether to run in the LDP leadership election this autumn after the ordinary session of the

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Toyota to showcase next-generation self-driving vehicle at CES

January 6, 2018

Nagoya- Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it will showcase a next-generation automated driving research vehicle at the Consumer Electronics Show set to open in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The Japanese automaker said the research vehicle has a significantly improved recognition

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China, S. Korea see improved ties with N. Korea helpful

January 6, 2018

Seoul- Top Chinese and South Korean negotiators in the six-way talks on North Korea’s nuclear program have shared the view that an improvement in North-South relations will lead to the resumption of dialogue toward denuclearizing the reclusive Asian nation. At

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