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Convenience stores, restaurants working to hire housewives

October 9, 2017

TOKYO- Aiming to enlist the help of housewives to make up serious labor shortages, convenience store and restaurant operators in Japan have set up day care facilities and are holding seminars to play up a friendly working environment. Seven-Eleven Japan

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Koike’s Party of Hope relying on Democratic Party funds for poll

October 9, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s fledgling national political party has co-opted candidates for the upcoming general election from the Democratic Party and, along with them, taken in government subsidies paid to the splintering DP. The flows of public funds to

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Aluminum, copper inspection data falsified at Kobe Steel

October 8, 2017

TOKYO- Kobe Steel Ltd. said Sunday that certificates of inspection for some of its aluminum and copper products have been falsified, leading to shipments of products that did not conform with specifications agreed with client companies. A total of more

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Abe seeks Article 9 revision, Koike wants stepped-up autonomy

October 8, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeated his position of seeking to revise Article 9 of the country’s constitution, in a debate among political party heads broadcast online on Saturday, in the run-up to the crucial general election on Oct.

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N. Korean leader Kim vows to build nuclear force

October 8, 2017

SEOUL- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to establish nuclear force in the nation, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday. At Saturday’s meeting in Pyongyang of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Kim,

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Ex-abductee calls for PM’s visit to N. Korea

October 8, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s prime minister should visit North Korea again for the resolution of the reclusive country’s kidnappings of Japanese nationals decades ago, former abduction victim Kaoru Hasuike has said in a recent interview with Jiji Press, ahead of the 15th

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Abe resolved to tackle economic challenges

October 8, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his resolve to tackle economic problems for the country, including the sluggish birthrate, in a television debate among political party heads on Sunday ahead of the Oct. 22 general election. Tokyo Governor Yuriko

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Koike leaves open possibility of forming coalition with LDP

October 8, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, leader of the Party of Hope, on Sunday left open the possibility of her party forming a coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party after the Oct. 22 general election, while apparently keeping in mind a

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