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Party of Hope likely to form executive team on Tuesday

November 13, 2017

Tokyo- Yuichiro Tamaki, co-leader of the Party of Hope, on Monday presented a draft proposal for an executive team of the Japanese opposition party that he aims to launch as early as Tuesday. Tamaki put forward the proposal during a

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Kobe Steel proposes accepting short-term loans

November 13, 2017

Tokyo- Kobe Steel Ltd. has proposed accepting short-term loans as some creditors grew reluctant to provide long-term loans following the revelation of its product quality data falsification scandal, Jiji Press learned Monday. Kobe Steel, which disclosed the data manipulation in

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16 nations give up concluding RCEP talks by year-end

November 13, 2017

Manila- Ministers from Japan, China, South Korea and 13 other nations on Sunday confirmed their intention to give up concluding their negotiations on the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact by the end of this year. The ministers

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ASEAN Summit

November 13, 2017

MANILA- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) shakes hands with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (right) before the opening ceremony of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on Monday, November 13, 2017. The Philippines is hosting

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Japan-Russia peace treaty unlikely in short period: Putin

November 12, 2017

Da Nang, Vietnam- It will be difficult for Russia and Japan to conclude a peace treaty in a short period of time, such as one year, because the Japan-US security treaty needs to be taken into account, Russian President Vladimir

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EU to lift import curbs on Fukushima rice, other Japanese foods

November 12, 2017

Brussels- The European Union has decided to lift its restrictions on imports of some foods from 10 prefectures in Japan, such as rice grown in Fukushima, home to the country’s worst nuclear accident. The partial lifting, decided by the European

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40% of Japanese positive about donating their organs

November 12, 2017

TOKYO- A government survey showed Saturday that 40 percent of Japanese people are positive about donating their organs if they are pronounced brain-dead or dead of cardiac arrest. Meanwhile, the proportion of those who show whether or not they are

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Canada’s revolt overshadows early effectuation of new TPP

November 12, 2017

Da Nang, Vietnam- Ministers from 11 countries, including Japan, have managed to reach a broad accord on a new Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal without the United States, which walked out of the original 12-nation pact in January. But it

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