Govʼt keeps economic view unchanged

September 25, 2017

TOKYO- The Japanese government kept its overall assessment of the country’s economy unchanged in a monthly report released on Monday. “The Japanese economy is on a moderate recovery,” said the September report, which was compiled by the Cabinet Office and

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Tokyo Governor Koike to lead new national political party

September 25, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Monday that she will create and lead a new political party, “Kibo no To” (party of hope), aiming to engage in national politics while serving as head of the Japanese capital. Under Koike’s leadership,

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JICA opens scholarship to Filipinos to study in Japan

September 25, 2017

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) announced a call for applicants to one of the longest-running international scholarship programs offered by the Japanese government to Filipino professionals who want to study in Japan, its statement on Monday said. The Project

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Some LDP members rap P.M. office over election promises

September 24, 2017

TOKYO- Some Japanese Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers are grumbling over what they view as a hasty decision by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s office on key items in the ruling party’s planned election platform. They say the prime minister’s office made

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Japanese invent scheme that may revolutionize quantum computing

September 24, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese scientists have announced that they invented a quantum computing scheme to carry out a far larger number of calculations efficiently than existing quantum computers. Under the scheme, many pulses of light, each carrying information, are let to go

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Ex-abductee Hasuike urges govt to resolve abduction issue early

September 24, 2017

KUSATSU, SHIGA PREF.- Kaoru Hasuike, a Japanese abduction victim, on Saturday called on the government to resolve the issue of abductions by North Korea at an early date. Family members of abductees have reached their limits mentally and in terms

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Ex-residents visit family graves on disputed islets by air

September 24, 2017

KUSHIRO, HOKKAIDO- Former Japanese residents of disputed Russian-held islands visited family graves there on Saturday after traveling aboard a chartered plane from the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. This marked the first air trip by former islanders to any of the

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South Korean Amb. calls for 3-way cooperation to tackle North

September 24, 2017

TOKYO- South Korean Ambassador to Japan Lee Joon-gyu on Saturday called for trilateral cooperation including Japan and the United States to resolve the issue of North Korea, which repeats nuclear and missile tests. A reason for sluggish growth in the

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