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Russia to deploy anti-ship missiles to Kurils: report

November 30, 2017

Moscow- The Russian military plans to deploy antiship missiles to the Kuril Islands near Japan, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Wednesday. The deployment of the Bal and Bastion missile systems to two islands in the Kuril chain is expected

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Papers sent to prosecutors over fatal tunnel collapse

November 30, 2017

Kofu, Yamanashi Pref.- Police sent papers to prosecutors Thursday on eight former officials of Central Nippon Expressway Co. and a subsidiary over a fatal tunnel ceiling collapse that occurred in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, in December 2012. The eight are

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Oct. industrial output up 0.5%

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s industrial production in October rose 0.5 pct from the previous month, up for the first time in two months, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report on Thursday. The seasonally adjusted production index

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Prince relieved at enactment of law for Emperor’s abdication

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, has said he and his family members are “relieved” about the enactment in June of a special law to allow the Emperor to abdicate. Meeting the press

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Gov’t urged to curb spending: panel

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- A Finance Ministry advisory panel urged the Japanese government on Wednesday to curb expenditures in a bid to realize its fiscal reconstruction target of limiting annual growth in its policy spending to 530 billion yen. The Fiscal System Council,

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Disregard for clients behind product quality scandals

November 30, 2017

Tokyo- Prestigious textile producer Toray Industries Inc. has joined the ranks of Japanese manufacturers involved in product quality data falsification, after Kobe Steel Ltd. and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. Their groups shipped products that did not meet quality requirements of clients

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Chimpanzee Ai-project

November 30, 2017

AICHI PREF.- Chimpanzee Ai shows its skills during a cognitive test with numeric characters at the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, Wednesday, 29 November 2017 (issued 30 November 2017). The institute, established in

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Abe vows efforts to ensure transparency of state land deals

November 29, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo, Nov. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during a grilling in parliament over a shady state land deal, pledged Wednesday to review procedures for selling land plots out of the government’s holdings in order to ensure their

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