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Carriage tour of envoy from Tokyo Station to Palace revived

December 11, 2017

Tokyo- A horse-drawn carriage carrying a new ambassador to Japan to the Imperial Palace left Tokyo Station’s entrance for distinguished guests for the first time in some 10 years on Monday. The move followed the recent completion of construction of

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Nikkei hits 26-Year closing high on firmer US equities

December 11, 2017

Tokyo- Stocks gained further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday following continued advance on Wall Street last week, sending the benchmark Nikkei average to the highest level in almost 26 years at the closing. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained

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Anti-nuclear group ICAN receives Nobel Peace prize

December 11, 2017

Oslo- The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo on Sunday. ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow, an 85-year-old atomic bomb survivor, received the medal and

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Japan to test hydrogen-fueled power generation from Feb.

December 10, 2017

Kobe- Japanese companies on Sunday completed hydrogen-fueled power generation equipment that will supply electricity and heat to nearby public facilities in a demonstration test in Kobe from early next February. The test, to be conducted on the western Japan city’s

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Japanese astronaut Kanai ready for 1st ISS Mission

December 10, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese astronaut Norishige Kanai, 41, is ready to complete his change of course from deep sea to space by making his first space flight to the International Space Station for a long-stay mission. Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft, carrying Kanai and

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Contractor Obayashi raided over maglev Shinkansen Project

December 10, 2017

Tokyo- Public prosecutors have raided major Japanese general contractor Obayashi Corp. for alleged misconduct in tenders related a project to build a magnetic levitation Shinkansen train line, it was learned Saturday. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office’s special investigation squad

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Tokyo seeing increase in boats drifting apparently from North Korea

December 10, 2017

Tokyo- Japan is seeing a sudden increase in the number of boats that have drifted to the country apparently from North Korea, Japan Coast Guard data have shown. Between the start of November and Friday, 47 such boats approached or

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U.N. head vows to facilitate dialogue for nuke-free N. Korea

December 10, 2017

New York- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday showed his willingness to facilitate dialogue between North Korea and relevant countries, such as the United States, in a bid to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. The United Nations strongly believes that “a

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