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Maehara leads opposition DP’s leadership race

August 17, 2017

TOKYO- Former Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is taking a lead over his opponent, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, in the leadership race of the main Japanese opposition Democratic Party in terms of support from DP lawmakers. Maehara has already

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Japan, US agree on need to avoid N. Korea contingencies

August 17, 2017

WASHINGTON- Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday that it would be important for the two countries to avoid a contingency situation in responding to North Korea’s threat to launch ballistic missiles over western Japan into waters near the US

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Komura wants LDP constitution proposal ready for parliament session

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party should submit its proposal for constitutional amendments to the next extraordinary parliamentary session, LDP Vice President Masahiko Komura said Tuesday. “It’s not advisable to throw away the timetable from the start,” Komura said in

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Japan eyes municipalities’ role in using idle land plots

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- In a bid to encourage the use of idle land plots, Japan’s land ministry plans to create a program allowing municipalities to serve as a matchmaker between property owners and tenants. The ministry plans to apply the program to

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Osprey to join Japan-US drills from Fri.

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- The US Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, will take part in the ongoing Japan-US joint exercises in Hokkaido, Japan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The Osprey participation was decided after coordination between Japan and

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No Japanese minister visits Yasukuni on war-end anniversary

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- No Japanese minister visited Tokyo’s war-related Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, the 72nd anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, marking the first such total absence since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to power in December 2012. Abe, also

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Abe opposes review of Tokyo-Seoul comfort women deal

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday expressed his strong opposition to any review of the landmark 2015 Tokyo-Seoul deal to resolve the issue of so-called comfort women. According to former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura of the ruling

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Japan to help curb mercury use in developing countries

August 16, 2017

TOKYO- With the Minamata Convention on Mercury now in force, the Japanese government is prepared to step up support for efforts by developing nations to cut back on emissions of the metallic chemical hazardous to human health. Japan has reduced

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