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Data manipulation guidelines used at Mitsubishi Materials units

December 28, 2017

Tokyo- Guidelines for manipulating product quality data for substandard products were used for a long time at two subsidiaries of Mitsubishi Materials Corp., an interim report on the group’s data falsification showed Thursday. Manipulation of product inspection data was routinely

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Industrial output up 0.6% in Nov.

December 28, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s industrial production in November grew 0.6 percent from the previous month, up for the second straight month, led by export growth on robust overseas economies, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report on

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Japan, China develop relations to new stage: LDP’s Nikai

December 28, 2017

Beijing- Japanese ruling party executive Toshihiro Nikai said Thursday that Japan and China have pushed their relations to a new stage that allows them to discuss the future together. Economic ties between the two countries are now beyond reciprocal relations,

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After murder, store owners near Tokyo Shrine nervous

December 28, 2017

Tokyo- The shocking murder of the head priestess of a prominent Shinto shrine in Tokyo earlier this month sent shock waves through the local shopping area, with business owners bracing for a heavy blow to their sales in the busiest

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South Korea unveils secret Talks on comfort women accord with Japan

December 28, 2017

Seoul- A South Korean task force released on Wednesday a report elaborating on the contents of secret high-level talks between the South Korean and Japanese governments on the bilateral accord to resolve the issue of so-called comfort women. The accord,

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TEPCO n-reactors pass NRA screenings

December 27, 2017

Tokyo- The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday the No. 6 and No. 7 reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in central Japan have officially passed NRA screenings for restarts. The NRA formalized a report that

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2 Americans sue Toshiba over botched reactor project

December 27, 2017

Tokyo- Two South Carolinians have sued Toshiba Corp. for compensation for losses they incurred from the cancellation of a nuclear power reactor project by a Toshiba unit that went bust, the Japanese electronics and machinery maker said Wednesday. This is

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Okinawa sit-in protest against Futenma relocation reaches 5,000th day

December 27, 2017

Nago, Okinawa Pref.- A sit-in protest by citizens opposing the planned relocation of the US Marine Corps’ Futenma air station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to the Henoko coastal area in Nago, also in the southernmost Japan prefecture, reached the 5,000th

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