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Tokyo to tighten refugee screening

November 19, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s Justice Ministry plans to toughen its refugee status screening as early as this year in response to a surge in the number of fake refugees who are entering the country to find jobs, informed sources said Saturday. The

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Toshiba Corp., Western Digital remain apart over memory chip unit sale

November 19, 2017

Tokyo- Toshiba Corp. and U.S. partner Western Digital Corp. failed to resolve their dispute in their talks last week over the Japanese company’s plan to sell a memory chip unit, informed sources said Sunday. Toshiba asked Western Digital to drop

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Countries agree to accelerate work on climate pact program

November 19, 2017

Bonn, Germany- Countries agreed on Saturday to accelerate their work to complete a work program under the Paris climate pact in 2018. The agreement was included in a declaration adopted to wrap up an annual U.N. climate conference in Bonn,

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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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