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Times Square countdown to be last with Toshiba ad screen

December 30, 2017

New York- New Year’s countdown at New York’s Times Square on Sunday night will be the last annual extravaganza featuring Toshiba Corp.’s large sponsored outdoor screen. In order to reduce costs after incurring massive losses in its US nuclear business,

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Japan to use penal regulations on bluefin tuna catches

December 30, 2017

Tokyo- The Fisheries Agency will start penal regulations on Pacific bluefin tuna catches by Japanese fishermen in January 2018, in line with stricter international controls aimed at preventing overfishing. The agency hopes that comprehensive resources management will allow Japanese fishermen

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3 Chinese gov’t ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus

December 30, 2017

Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Three Chinese coast guard ships briefly sailed in Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Saturday, according to the Japan Coast Guard. It was the first such territorial incursion by any

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China foreign minister seeks more exchanges with Japan

December 30, 2017

Beijing- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday expressed his hopes to boost exchanges between China and Japan to help the two countries improve their relations. During talks in Beijing with a group of Japanese lawmakers, including Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general

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Nikkei marks highest year-end evel in 26 years

December 30, 2017

Tokyo- The benchmark Nikkei average marked the highest year-end level since 1991 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, after a year of upsurge attributed chiefly to robust corporate earnings on the back of economic growth at home and abroad. The

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Hyogo Pref. to develop disaster information app

December 30, 2017

Kobe- The Hyogo prefectural government plans to develop an app for smartphones and tablet devices that will deliver disaster-related information to people in real time, Governor Toshizo Ido has said. Related expenses were included in the Hyogo government’s fiscal 2018

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More Japan officials see difficulty in Abe’s S. Korea visit

December 30, 2017

Tokyo- An increasing number of Japanese government officials believe that it will be difficult for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit South Korea on the sidelines of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February, informed sources said Friday. Such views became

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Japan to lower legal adult age to 18 in 2022 at earliest

December 29, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government has decided to introduce legislation to revise the Civil Code and lower Japan’s legal adult age from 20 to 18 to next year’s ordinary parliamentary session set to start in January. The government is slated to

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