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BOJ making preparations for exit from current policy: Ito

November 2, 2017

TOKYO-The Bank of Japan are effectively making preparations for a future exit from its current massive monetary easing policy, Columbia University Prof. Takatoshi Ito has said. “Preparations to go to the exit have already started,” Ito said in a forum

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US Navy concludes fatal collisions off Japan, Singapore were avoidable

November 2, 2017

Fatal collisions involving US Aegis destroyers off Japan and Singapore earlier this year were “avoidable,” the US Navy said in an investigation report on Wednesday, pointing to their crews’ errors and lack of sufficient training. Seven of the USS Fitzgerald’s

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Honda at Tokyo Motor Show

November 2, 2017

TOKYO- A photographer is silhouetted before the Honda Motor Co. logo during the 45th Tokyo Motor Show 2017 in Tokyo, Japan, 25 October 2017. Honda on Wedwnesday, 01 November 2017 released results of their second quarter and the fiscal first

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Zama deleted twitter postings apparently for cover-up

November 2, 2017

TOKYO- A 27-year-old man arrested after nine dismembered bodies were found in his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told investigators that he had deleted some of his Twitter postings, a move which police believe was an attempt to cover

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Japanese truck plant

November 2, 2017

A truck passes a Hino sign in Williamstown, West Virginia, October 27, 2017. In the small-town heart of the industrial Ohio River basin, unemployment is declining, the local Japanese truck plant is expanding, and optimism has mushroomed — a microcosm

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Dolphin

November 2, 2017

SHIZUOKA PREFECTURE- This undated handout photo obtained on Thursday, November 2, 2017 from Shimoda Aquarium in Shizuoka Prefecture, shows female bottlenose dolphin Nana. Female bottlenose dolphin Nana, aged an estimated 47, was found drowned on October 31, 2017 at a

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Law for treatment of foreign trainees enforced in Japan

November 1, 2017

TOKYO- A law to improve the treatment of foreign trainees under Japan’s technical training program was put into effect on Wednesday. The reality of the treatment of foreign trainees is considered a problem, as companies often secure foreign trainees as

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Japan Post starts selling New Year’s postcards accross the country

November 1, 2017

TOKYO- Japan Post Co. started selling New Year’s lottery postcards for 2018 across the country on Wednesday, as their number fell to a record low amid the popularity of emails and social media. The initial number of New Year’s lottery

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