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Facial recognition gates at Haneda on Wednesday

October 15, 2017

Tokyo- The Justice Ministry on Friday unveiled unmanned facial recognition gates that will be introduced at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Wednesday to speed up immigration control procedures for the Japanese. The recognition system is capable of judging whether face photographs

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G-20 officials see stable global growth

October 15, 2017

Washington- Top economic policymakers from the world’s 20 major economies on Friday agreed that the global economy is on a stable growth path. The finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of 20 countries reaffirmed the need to implement appropriate

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Ruling coalition opposes corporate reserves tax

October 15, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese ruling coalition officials on Sunday reiterated their opposition to a proposed tax on large pools of internal reserves held by companies. Instead of imposing a tax on the reserves, it is necessary to encourage firms to promote investments or raise

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Curbing seat losses for LDP key to Abe’s longevity

October 15, 2017

Tokyo- When Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month called an election for the House of Representatives, he seemed to believe that he had a good chance of extending his tenure of nearly five years despite the likely loss of

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Demonstration in Okinawa

October 14, 2017

OKINAWA- Protesters stage a demonstration in the village of Kitanakagusuku after a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter burst into flames a day earlier, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan, Thursday, 12 October 2017. On 11 October late afternoon, a CH-53E chopper belonging to

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G-20 Finance Ministers meet in Washington

October 14, 2017

WASHINGTON- China’s Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guagyao (L) looks on near Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) before the G20 Finance ministers group photo at the IMF headquarters in Washington, DC on Thursday, October 12, 2017. Jiji

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Kobe Steel President Kawasaki speaks during a press conference

October 13, 2017

TOKYO- Kobe Steel President Hiroya Kawasaki speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on October 13, 2017. Japan’s Kobe Steel admitted on October 13 that a snowballing falsified data scandal had affected around 500 customers, more than twice as many

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Use of fertilizer from sewage increasing

October 13, 2017

TOKYO- “Bistro Sewage” programs are being promoted in many parts of Japan, using mud-like products of sewage treatment as fertilizer to grow vegetables. The project, in its fifth year, is now under way in 16 prefectures. The land ministry and

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