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Abe, Trump, Moon agree to put stronger pressure on N. Korea

September 22, 2017

NEW YORK- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to put much stronger pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile development, at a trilateral summit in New York on

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Tensions intensify over possible dissolution of Lower House

September 22, 2017

TOKYO- Political tensions in Japan intensified further on Friday over a reported plan by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to dissolve the House of Representatives next week for a snap election in October. Abe is expected to dissolve the Lower House

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LDP’s election pledges to contain Abe’s Constitution amendment proposals

September 21, 2017

TOKYO- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering including four constitutional amendment proposals by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in its policy pledges for the imminent election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s Diet, informed sources said

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New security laws strengthen military bond with United States

September 21, 2017

TOKYO- Operational integration of the Japanese Self Defense Forces into the US military has advanced under Japan’s new security laws, enacted two years ago to allow the key Asian ally of the United States to exercise the right to collective

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Abe calls on UN members to unite in pressuring North Korea

September 21, 2017

NEW YORK- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, called on UN member countries to unite in putting pressure on North Korea, following the country’s sixth nuclear test on

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11 TPP countries start two day intensive talks in Tokyo

September 21, 2017

TOKYO- Chief negotiators from the remaining 11 signatory countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact started two-day intensive talks in Tokyo on Thursday to advance work to decide which items in the pact would be suspended or revised if

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Abused children top 30,000 for 1st time in Jan.-June

September 21, 2017

TOKYO- The number of children suspected to have been abused in Japan in January-June topped 30,000 for the first time ever since first-half data started in 2011, the National Policy Agency said Thursday. Police referred a total of 30,262 suspected

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Abe to dissolve Lower House at Sept. 28 start of Diet session

September 21, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap general election at the start of the planned extraordinary parliamentary session slated for Sept. 28, informed sources said Wednesday. The schedule is being discussed

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