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Donations for squid fishermen surge amid N. Korean concerns

December 4, 2017

Sakata, Yamagata Pref.- A northeastern Japan municipality’s request for donations to support squid-fishing boats operating in the Sea of Japan through the “furusato nozei” system has met with a good response amid growing regional security concerns. According to the Sakata

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Western Digital demands future stake in Toshiba chip unit

December 4, 2017

Tokyo- Western Digital Corp. is seeking to acquire a stake in Toshiba Memory Corp. when the Toshiba Corp. unit goes public after being sold, Jiji Press learned on Saturday. If the demand is accepted, Western Digital will drop its complaint

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Consumer sentiment highest in over 4 years

December 4, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese consumer sentiment rose to the highest level in four years and two months in November, on the back of strong corporate earnings and an improved employment situation, a government survey showed Monday. The seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index

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Thai people thank Emperor for introducing tilapia

December 4, 2017

Krathum Baen, Thailand- Many people in Thailand feel sad about Japanese Emperor Akihito stepping down on April 30, 2019. They remember that the Emperor, an ichthyologist, introduced tilapia as the best fish for farming in the Southeast Asian country at

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Japan in support of US-S. Korea joint drill: Suga

December 4, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Monday showed his country’s support for a regular joint drill by the air forces of the United States and South Korea that started the same day, stressing the necessity of deterrence for

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Upper House protests N. Korea’s ICBM firing

December 4, 2017

Tokyo- The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, adopted on Monday a resolution strongly protesting North Korea’s firing of an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile last Wednesday. The missile launch showed that North Korea remains determined

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Japan to regulate large-ship scrappers

December 3, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government has decided to create a new law to regulate large-ship scrappers, in order to enter into an international treaty on the safe recycling of ships, informed sources said Saturday. Currently, Japan has no such law as

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Manufacturers abuse “Tokusai” custom in data scandals

December 3, 2017

Tokyo- A recent spate of quality data falsification scandals at Japanese manufacturers have a common feature: the abuse of a longstanding business custom called “tokusai,” an abbreviation of “tokubetsu saiyo,” which is literally translated as special adoption. In principle, tokusai

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