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South Korean Pres. Moon asked to visit Japan

November 24, 2017

Seoul- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Japan to attend a three-way summit also including China, South Korean officials said Thursday. Abe made the request in a personal letter that visiting Komeito

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Indefinite term sought for ex-US Marine over Okinawa murder

November 24, 2017

Naha, Okinawa Pref- Prosecutors demanded Friday an indefinite prison term for a former U.S. Marine accused of murdering a 20-year-old woman in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2016. The lawyer of Kenneth Shinzato, 33, who was a civilian worker at

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Osaka seen ending sister-city ties with San Francisco in mid-December

November 24, 2017

Osaka- Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura indicated Friday that the western Japan city will decide in mid-December to sever its six-decade-old sister-city relationship with San Francisco over a girl statue symbolizing so-called comfort women erected in the U.S. city. Senior Osaka

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Aircraft meets accidents in Philippine sea

November 24, 2017

TOKYO- In this photo released by the US Navy a C-2A Greyhound prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on August 22, 2017in the PAcific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist

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South Korea Japan diplomacy

November 24, 2017

SEOUL- South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) poses for a photo with Natsuo Yamaguchi, leader of Japan’s Komeito party, during their meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae (The Blue House) in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, 23 November 2017.

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Russia Japan diplomacy

November 24, 2017

MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shinsuke Sugiyama (L), prior their talks in the Foreign Ministry guest house in Moscow, Russia, 24 November 2017. Jiji Press

April-Sept. real estate loans log first fall in 3 years

November 23, 2017

Tokyo- New real estate loans provided by Japanese banks in April-September fell 9.5 percent from a year earlier to 5,356.4 billion yen, the first drop in three years, Bank of Japan data have shown. The decline came as demand for

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San Francisco mayor accepts comfort women statue

November 23, 2017

Silicon Valley- San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee on Wednesday authorized the U.S. city’s acceptance of a statue symbolizing comfort women who were forced into prostitution for Japanese troops mainly during World War II. Following the move, San Francisco is set

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