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Japan lodges strong protest over N. Koreaʼs missile launch

November 29, 2017

The Japanese government lodged a strong protest to North Korea via embassy channels in Beijing on Wednesday soon after the reclusive state’s launch of what is believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile. Holding phone talks on Wednesday morning, Japanese

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Shaking hands before final test

November 29, 2017

MOSCOW- Members of the International Space Station (ISS) expedition 54/55, NASA astronaut Scott Tingle (left), Roscosmos cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shake hands before their final exam at the Gagarin Cosmonauts’

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Japan turns over 100 patrol vehicles to Philippine National Police

November 29, 2017

The Japanese government formally turned over 100 patrol vehicles to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Crame on Wednesday. The turnover and blessing ceremony led by PNP Director General Ronald Dela Rosa was also attended by other police officials, including

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JICA, DTI push for academe-industry-gov’t cooperation for auto industry

November 29, 2017

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)  with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are pushing for a partnership model among academe, industry, and government

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Luxembourg Royals welcomed

November 28, 2017

TOKYO- Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri (2nd right) and Princess Alexandra (left) are welcomed by Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (right) upon their arrival for the state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, 27 November 2017. Grand

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Japan to extend business entertainment tax break

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling camp are considering extending a tax break for entertainment expenditures by companies by two years to the end of March 2020, informed sources told Jiji Press on Monday. The extension is intended to increase corporate

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LDP may skip wording for free education

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- A key panel of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party confirmed on Monday a plan to study not including wording for expanding free-of-charge education in its new draft of constitutional revisions, it was learned on Monday. At the day’s meeting,

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Abe positive on restricting some land trade by foreigners

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday signaled his positive stance toward restricting foreigners’ acquisitions of land plots around Self-Defense Forces facilities and on remote islands near the country’s borders with other nations. “We’ll thoroughly consider what measures we

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