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Japanese business delegation to visit China

November 19, 2017

Tokyo- A delegation of about 250 Japanese business executives is scheduled to visit China starting Monday to discuss ways to promote cooperation between the two countries. The delegation will be sent by the Japan-China Economic Association jointly with the Japan

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Tugboat drifts into U.S. destroyer

November 19, 2017

WASHINGTON- A Japanese commercial tugboat drifted into the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold in Sagami Bay near Tokyo on Saturday, the Navy’s 7th Fleet said. The tugboat lost propulsion and drifted into the Benfold when the destroyer was participating

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Japan to expand SDF base in Djibouti

November 19, 2017

Tokyo- Japan has agreed to lease 3 hectares of empty land in Djibouti for use by its Self-Defense Forces operating in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on an antipiracy mission, government sources said Saturday. The lease is designed to

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Japan Tobacco to promote Terabatake to president

November 19, 2017

Tokyo- Japan Tobacco Inc. plans to promote Masamichi Terabatake, executive vice president of JT International SA, a Swiss unit, to the post of president at the parent company, informed sources said Sunday. Terabatake, 51, is expected to assume the new

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20 years on: Japan’s financial administration reaches turning point

November 17, 2017

Tokyo- With the problem of nonperforming loans that plagued Japanese banks winding down, the role of financial administration in Japan is undergoing a drastic change. In summer 2018, the Financial Services Agency plans to scrap the Inspection Bureau, which struck

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More big hospitals in Japan to charge extra fees on patients

November 17, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s health ministry plans to expand the range of hospitals that can impose additional fees on visits by patients with no referral from their regular doctors, as early as fiscal 2018, it was learned Thursday. Currently, such extra fees

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Imperial Couple meet evacuated Kuchinoerabu residents

November 17, 2017

Yakushima, Kagoshima Pref.- Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday met with residents from the island of Kuchinoerabu in Kagoshima Prefecture who have been evacuated from the island after the May 2015 volcanic eruption there. The meeting took place

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11 disaster-hit municipalities registered as athlete host towns

November 17, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government announced Friday 11 municipalities in northeastern Japan that will serve as Reconstruction “Arigato” Host Towns for athletes competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The municipalities in the three Tohoku northeastern prefectures that were hit

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