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Pope May Meet Japanese Man Seeking Retrial of Death Sentence

September 15, 2019

Tokyo- Arrangements are being made for a meeting between Pope Francis and Iwao Hakamada, a Japanese man seeking a retrial of his death sentence, during the papal visit to Japan in late November, it was learned Saturday. The meeting may

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People Divided over Scrambled NHK Broadcasts: Jiji Poll

September 15, 2019

Tokyo- Japanese people are evenly divided over whether broadcasts by Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, should be scrambled to make them available only to paid viewers, a Jiji Press opinion survey showed. The poll found that 39.0 pct of respondents

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Tokyo Games Committee Sees Limited Cooling Effect from Fake Snow

September 15, 2019

Tokyo- An experiment by the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee found on Friday that artificial snow sprayed onto uncovered spectator seats as an antiheat measure had a limited cooling effect. Shredded ice from a snow-making machine failed to

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EXCLUSIVE: Keidanren to call for flexible macroeconomic policy steps

September 8, 2019

Tokyo–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, plans to urge the Japanese government to implement flexible macroeconomic policy steps, including those related to taxes, if downside risks to the country’s economy become evident, Jiji Press learned Saturday. Keidanren, Japan’s biggest business

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Japan to urgently inspect all child neglect cases

September 8, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese welfare minister Takumi Nemoto has said his ministry will conduct nationwide inspections on all parental neglect cases urgently. The step will be taken in response to a case in which four-year-old Riara Otsuka died in late August after being

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Ikee makes first public appearance since leukemia diagnosis

September 8, 2019

Tokyo–Prominent Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, 19, on Friday appeared in public for the first time since she disclosed her diagnosis with leukemia Feb. 12. Ikee, still under treatment for the disease, visited the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center to cheer

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Abe to replace land minister Ishii, may have Mihara in cabinet

September 8, 2019

Tokyo–In a cabinet reshuffle Wednesday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to replace land minister Keiichi Ishii and may give House of Councillors lawmaker Junko Mihara a cabinet post, it was learned Friday. Ishii’s replacement would be in line with

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Busan OKs ordinance for boycott of Japanese goods

September 6, 2019

Seoul–The city assembly of Busan in South Korea enacted on Friday an ordinance calling on the city government to make efforts to refrain from buying the products of certain Japanese companies. The ordinance brands Japanese businesses that requisitioned people from

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