Vietnam expresses support for Abe’s Indo-Pacific strategy

November 8, 2017

Da Nang, Vietnam- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on Tuesday expressed support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s strategy aimed at achieving stability and growth in the Indo-Pacific region from Asia to Africa. Minh, who doubles as deputy prime

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South Korea invites ex-comfort woman to banquet with Trump

November 8, 2017

Seoul- The South Korean government invited Lee Yong-soo, who was forced into prostitution for Japanese troops during wartime, to Tuesday’s banquet to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump as a state guest. Trump greeted, shook hands with and embraced Lee at

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Opening Diet session

November 8, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) gives the declaration of the opening of Diet session to Speaker of the House of Representatives Tadamori Oshima (L) at the Upper House of parliament in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, 08 November 2017. Jiji Press

Trump meets comfort womam

November 8, 2017

TOKYO- US President Donald J. Trump (2-R) shakes hands with Lee Yong-soo (L), a former ‘comfort woman’ who was forced into sexual slavery by Japan’s military during World War II, at a state banquet hosted by South Korean President Moon

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Japan to seek cutting legal age of adulthood to 18 next year

November 7, 2017

TOKYO- The government will seek to lower the age of majority in Japan from 20 to 18 during the ordinary session of parliament to be convened in January next year. If approved, the planned change is expected to take effect

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Japanese astronaut Noguchi chosen for 2nd long stay in ISS

November 7, 2017

TOKYO- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said Tuesday that astronaut Soichi Noguchi has been chosen as a crew member of a long-stay mission of about six months from around the end of 2019 in the International Space Station.

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Kuroda expresses hope for larger pay hike

November 7, 2017

Nagoya- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda expressed on Monday his hope for larger pay hikes in next year’s “shunto” labor-management spring wage talks. “I would not be surprised if the pace of wage increase is higher than this year,”

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Nikkei surges to 26-year-high on strong corporate earnings

November 7, 2017

TOKYO- Stocks soared on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday, lifting the benchmark Nikkei average to the highest closing level in almost 26 years. The 225-issue average spiraled up 389.25 points, or 1.73 percent, to end at 22,937.60, the level unseen

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