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APEC Summit

November 11, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Leaders pose during the family photo session at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam, Saturday, 11 November 2017. (Front L-R) China’s President Xi Jinping, Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang, Indonesia’s President

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11 countries agree on new TPP without US

November 10, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Japan, Australia and nine other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact on Thursday reached a broad agreement in talks on concluding a new TPP deal without the United States. The 11 countries agreed to suspend

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Duterte at APEC

November 10, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Vietnam’s President Tran Dai Quang (R) welcomes Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte at the APEC Business Advisory Council dialogue during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders’ summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Friday, November 10,

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Kobe Steel scandal

November 10, 2017

TOKYO- Kobe Steel President and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki reacts during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, 10 November 2017. Kobe Steel, Japan’s third-biggest steelmaker, is under fire following cases of falsified data on quality products used in the automobile

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APEC ministers reach deal on statement

November 10, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member economies ended their extended meeting in Vietnam on Thursday with a broad agreement on a joint statement to summarize their two-day discussions. In the statement, the APEC ministers will

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Abe, Chinese premier to hold talks in Philippines

November 10, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the Philippines on the sidelines of an upcoming summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.

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Gov’t panel calls for approving Kake’s vet school plan

November 10, 2017

TOKYO- A Japanese government council has advised education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi to approve a plan for the establishment of a veterinary medicine faculty by a school operator at the center of a favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the

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Japan to lower medical fees by cutting drug prices

November 10, 2017

TOKYO- The Japanese government plans to lower medical fees in fiscal 2018 by sharply cutting drug prices in a bid to curb growing social security costs stemming from the country’s aging population, informed sources said Thursday. But the government is

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