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Japan eyes private-sector group to prevent rice oversupply

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party adopted a proposal on Tuesday for establishing a private sector-led national organization that will collect supply-demand information on rice to prevent an oversupply. The decision reflects worries about excessive supply of rice after the

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Police question Hakuho on assault case

November 28, 2017

Fukuoka- Police questioned yokozuna sumo grand champion Hakuho on Tuesday as a witness in an investigation into an alleged assault by Harumafuji, another yokozuna, against a junior sumo wrestler, informed sources told Jiji Press. For the questioning, the Tottori prefectural

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MOF confirms voice data of conversation with Moritomo

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- A senior Japanese Ministry of Finance official on Monday confirmed the existence of voice data of a conversation between a ministry bureau and scandal-tainted school operator Moritomo Gakuen about the controversial sale of a state-owned land plot. The conversation

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BOJ returns to black in April-Sept: sources

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- The Bank of Japan will shortly report a net income of over 500 billion yen for April-September, in a turnaround from a net loss a year earlier, informed sources said Monday. The net profit for the fiscal 2017 first

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Ruling bloc rejects fresh demand to summon Abe’s wife

November 28, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s ruling bloc on Monday rejected a fresh demand from opposition parties to summon Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife, Akie, for testimony in the Diet over the sale of state-owned land to school operator Moritomo Gakuen. At an executive

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Wreck of Japanese battleship Yamashiro found: research vessel

November 27, 2017

The wreck of the Japanese battleship Yamashiro and the bridge of Fuso, both sunk by the US Navy during the Battle of Surigao Straits in 1944, were found by a research team headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. In a

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Japan to raise health insurance premium cap

November 27, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s health ministry plans to raise the cap placed on the amount of premiums paid annually by members of the national health insurance program by 40,000 yen to 770,000 yen in fiscal 2018, which starts next April, it was

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Fukui governor agrees to Oi n-reactor restarts

November 27, 2017

Fukui- Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa agreed Monday to allow Kansai Electric Power Co. to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at its Oi nuclear plant in his central Japan prefecture. The consent of the governor means that all

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