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730m yen for Aegis in FY 2018 budget

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government set aside 730 million yen in spending on the Aegis Ashore ground-based missile defense system under the fiscal 2018 draft budget adopted Friday, in response to growing missile threats from North Korea. The figure, shown on

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Repair of 1,000 noted Buddhist statues in Kyoto completed

December 22, 2017

Kyoto- Preservation and repair work for 1,001 statues of thousand-armed Kannon Bodhisattva at the Sanjusangendo Buddhist hall in Kyoto, western Japan, has been completed. The last set of statues that have undergone overhaul were installed at the hall, a popular

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New body launched to adjust rice supply-demand conditions

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- A new organization led by agricultural cooperatives was launched in Japan on Thursday for adjusting supply-demand conditions for rice, ahead of the abolition in fiscal 2018 of the government’s “gentan” system for curbing production of the staple food for

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Toughen penalties under product quality law

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s industry ministry plans to toughen penalties against violations of the industrial standardization law, informed sources told Jiji Press on Thursday. The move is part of a package of measures designed to prevent a repeat of the product quality

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Gov’t OKs 2.7 trillion yen extra budget for FY 2017

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s government on Friday adopted a fiscal 2017 draft supplementary budget with additional spending of 2,707.3 billion yen. The extra budget, adopted at a cabinet meeting, includes 482.2 billion yen for measures designed to bring about “revolutions” in human

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Japan opposes US interference in Israel-Palestine conflict

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government indicated on Friday that it does not support US interference in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “Japan supports a two-state solution to the conflict and it should be settled through talks between the parties concerned,” Chief Cabinet Secretary

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Kobe Steel says three execs aware of data falsification

December 22, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s Kobe Steel Ltd. said Thursday that three executives were aware of company’s product quality data manipulation before the malpractice came to light. It was the first time for Kobe Steel to admit that any executive knew about the

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Man dies in fire at Nikkei head office

December 21, 2017

Tokyo- A man died in a fire that broke out in the head office of Japanese newspaper publisher Nikkei Inc. in a busy central Tokyo district on Thursday. After receiving an emergency call around 10:50 a.m. (1:50 a.m. GMT) reporting

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