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Nissan to cite poor awareness of compliance in scandal report

November 17, 2017

Tokyo- Nissan Motor Co. in a report seen to be submitted to the transport ministry as early as Friday over its vehicle inspection scandal, is expected to admit that poor awareness of compliance among its workers was behind the misconduct.

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Kobe Steel to invest 10 billion yen to prevent data falsification

November 17, 2017

Tokyo- Kobe Steel Ltd. will invest 10 billion yen from fiscal 2018 mainly to improve its product inspection system to prevent product data falsification, informed sources have said. The inspection system includes a process in which handwritten data are used.

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Bone stealing issue vs Japanese gov’t revived as Abe asks Duterte to resume bone collection project

November 17, 2017

Almost ten years have passed and yet closure on the alleged stealing of the remains of Filipino ancestors, which were passed off as bones of Japanese soldiers during World War II, continues to haunt some affected communities. Despite that, Japanese

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Crown Prince at Science Summit

November 16, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Science Centre World Summit 2017 held at Miraikan in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Jiji Press

Abe security advisor witnesses maritime law enforcement training

November 16, 2017

Kentaro Sonoura,  special advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security of Japan, witnessed the maritime law enforcement training between Japan and Philippine Coast Guard in Manila on Thursday. Some members of United States, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesian coast guards joined

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Kake school plan’s clearing of gov’t-set conditions not examined: minister

November 16, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Wednesday a government council that advised him to approve Kake Educational Institution’s controversial plan to set up a new school of veterinary medicine did not examine whether the plan cleared the four government-set

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Imperial Couple start visit to Kagoshima pref. islands

November 16, 2017

Yakushima, Kagoshima Pref.- Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday started a three-day visit to the islands of Yakushima, Okinoerabu and Yoron in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. This became the Imperial couple’s first visit to the prefecture in 14

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20 years on: Is financial crisis a thing of past in Japan?

November 16, 2017

Tokyo- November 1997 is best remembered in Japan as a month when the depth of damage in a financial system reeling from the collapse of the speculation-driven bubble economy was laid bare in a painful way. Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, a

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