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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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Japan, US, Australia, India tackle Abe’s Indo-Pacific strategy

November 12, 2017

TOKYO- Bureau-chief-level officials from Japan, the United States, Australia and India held talks in Manila on Sunday on an Indo-Pacific strategy proposed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said the same day. The officials confirmed cooperation in

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TEPCO starts to install fuel-removing device at Fukushima n-plant

November 12, 2017

Fukushima- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. started on Sunday work to install equipment to be used for removing fuel from the storage pool at a reactor at its disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. The equipment,

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Abe, Xi agree on early Japan-China-S. Korea summit

November 12, 2017

Da Nang, Vietnam- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Saturday to realize a trilateral summit among their countries plus South Korea as early as possible. Meeting in Danang, central Vietnam, Abe and Xi also reaffirmed

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Manila, Tokyo to seal 1.5 billion yen grants for Coast Guard, Marawi rehab

November 12, 2017

The Philippine and Japanese governments will soon sign the exchange of notes on projects for rehabilitating Marawi City and strengthening maritime safety capability of the Philippine Coast Guard, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). In a report to Finance

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Military drill

November 12, 2017

TOKYO- This undated handout photo obtained from the US Navy on November 12, 2017 shows the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Strike Groups transitting the Western Pacific with ships from

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