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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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All nine victims identified in Zama incident

November 10, 2017

TOKYO- All victims have now been identified in a case where dismembered bodies of nine people were found at an apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, police said early Friday. In the case, Takahiro Shiraishi, a 27-year-old resident

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Abe likely to hold talks with Xi in Vietnam on Saturday

November 9, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the fringe of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit, to be held in Vietnam for two days from Friday, Chief Cabinet

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APEC ministers divided over multilateral free trade

November 9, 2017

DA NANG, VIETNAM- Ministers of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum member economies failed to issue a statement after their meeting on Wednesday apparently due to differences over multilateral free trade and trade protectionism. The APEC ministers, meeting in Da Nang,

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Kobe Steel execs may have tolerated data falsification

November 9, 2017

TOKYO- Some directors at Kobe Steel Ltd. may have given silent approval for product data falsification, informed sources said Tuesday. While the data falsification, which began more than a decade ago, has already been found to be organizational, involving factory

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Nissan cuts operating profit forecast on inspection scandal

November 9, 2017

YOKOHAMA- Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday that it has revised down its group operating profit forecast for the current fiscal year through March 2018 due to its vehicle inspection scandal. The Japanese automaker now forecasts an operating profit of 645

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