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9 victims remembered on 5th anniversary of Sasago tunnel ceiling collapse

December 2, 2017

Tsuru, Yamanashi Pref.- Bereaved family members and others mourned nine people who were killed in the 2012 Sasago Tunnel ceiling collapse, at a memorial service in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Saturday. “I haven’t heard the answer why you went to

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Gov’t eyeing record budget for FY 2018

December 2, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government is considering setting the amount of its general-account budget at a record high of around 98 trillion yen for fiscal 2018, which starts next April, informed sources said Friday. The government plans to adopt the fiscal

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Japan to tax more foreign companies

December 2, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling camp plan to newly impose cooperate tax on foreign companies that are active in the country but have no permanent business footholds such as branch offices, informed sources said Friday. The expansion in the scope

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Toyota unveils camera-equipped compact SUV

December 2, 2017

Los Angeles- Toyota Motor Corp. unveiled on Thursday the FT-AC compact sport-utility vehicle prototype that is capable of handling rough terrain and is equipped with cameras to record driving activity. The new SUV will be showcased at the 2017 Los

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Toray, Mitsubishi Materials sack subsidiaries’ heads

December 2, 2017

Tokyo- Toray Industries Inc. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. separately said on Friday that the heads of their respective subsidiaries stepped down the same day following the revelation of data falsification scandals. Toray Hybrid Cord Inc. President Nobuhiro Suzuki, 64, and

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Coping with abdication-linked changes

December 2, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese companies are poised to accelerate work to cope with changes associated with Emperor Akihito’s abdication and Crown Prince Naruhito’s accession to the throne in 2019, including the introduction of the country’s new era name. Some companies, including calendar

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Bitcoin currency

December 1, 2017

TOKYO- Pedestrians walk past a Bitcoin currency poster at the entrance of a Bic Camera electronics retailers store in central Tokyo, Japan, 01 June 2017 (reissued 01 December 2017). Finance experts have warned of a possible Bitcoin bubble after the

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Cash-rich DP carried over 12.5b yen from 2016 budget

December 1, 2017

Tokyo- The opposition Democratic Party left unused 12,472 million yen in its 2016 budget and carried it over to this year, according to political funds reports disclosed by the internal affairs ministry on Thursday. The carryover funds accounted for over

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