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Trilateral Meeting

October 18, 2017

SEOUL- South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam answers a reporter’s question as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan (L) and Japan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (R) listen, during a press conference following their meeting at the Foreign

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70% of listed Japan firms enjoy profit growth: Jiji survey

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- More than 70 percent of Japanese companies that are listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s first section and close their books in February 2018 enjoyed year-on-year growth in group net profit in the first half through August, a Jiji

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SDF personnel mixed over Constitution debate

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Self-Defense Forces members are mixed in their reactions to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s proposal to revise the country’s constitution to formally acknowledge the role of the SDF. The proposal is one of the major issues in a general

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Edanoʼs party maintaining strength in election campaign

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- While many of its rivals in the opposition camp are facing uphill battles, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has been maintaining strength in the ongoing official campaign period for Sunday’s House of Representatives election, with media polls suggesting

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US resumes CH-53E chopper flights in Okinawa amid protests

October 18, 2017

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- The US military resumed flights of CH-53E helicopters in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday, ending an operational pause that followed an accident involving the same type of chopper in the southern Japan prefecture on Oct. 11. At least

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6 injured as car plows into school kids in Western Japan

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- A car plowed into a group of elementary school children in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, Wednesday morning, with five of them and a passerby suffering minor injuries and sent to hospital, local police and fire authorities said. The

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Sony Mobile robot to remotely watch over kids at home

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- Sony Mobile Communications Inc. will launch a communication robot that enables users to check while staying out how their children and elderly family members are doing at home and have video chats with them. The robot, named “Xperia Hello!,”

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Nissan used unauthorized inspectors for weeks after revelation: sources

October 18, 2017

TOKYO- Nissan Motor Co.’s use of unauthorized workers in vehicle safety checks continued for weeks at one of its assembly plants after the problem came to light in mid-September, informed sources said Wednesday. Some 3,800 vehicles were shipped from the Shonan

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