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DOE donating 45 cars to Region 8 police through Japan gov’t grant

August 15, 2017

The Department of Energy (DOE), thru the Energy Utilization Management Bureau , is donating 45 hybrid patrol cars to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 8 in line with its mandate to promote the use of energy-efficient vehicles. In a

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A first: Philippine Marines trained on US base in Okinawa last month

August 14, 2017

Philippine Marines personnel underwent training in a United States military base in Okinawa, Japan last month. “This is the first time that members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines have trained on a US military base,” the US Embassy

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Abe, Trump to discuss N. Korea threats over phone

August 14, 2017

WASHINGTON- US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold telephone talks on Monday evening to discuss how to deal with North Korea’s escalating provocations, including its plan to fire ballistic missiles toward Guam, according to the

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White storks spotted in all 47 prefectures

August 14, 2017

TOKYO- An Oriental white stork has been spotted in Akita Prefecture, which was the last one among Japan’s 47 prefectures without a sighting of a white stork released into the wild under a program that began in 2005. The recently

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US veteran to return Japanese flag to serviceman’s family

August 14, 2017

TOKYO- A US World War II veteran plans to return a Japanese flag he recovered on the Pacific island of Saipan more than 70 years ago to the family of the fallen Japanese serviceman who had owned it. Marvin Strombo,

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Comfort women statues installed on buses in S. Korea

August 14, 2017

SEOUL- A Seoul bus service operator on Monday started running buses each carrying a girl’s statue symbolizing the issue of comfort women forced into prostitution for Japanese troops before and during World War II. The 1.3-meter-tall plastic statue was installed

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New defense chief makes first visit to Okinawa

August 14, 2017

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday visited Okinawa Prefecture for the first time since he took office earlier this month and held talks with Takeshi Onaga, governor of the southernmost Japan prefecture. During the meeting, held

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Japan not to allow student increase at Tokyo universities

August 14, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s education ministry will not allow in principle an increase of the enrollment limits at private universities in Tokyo’s densely populated 23 wards, beginning in the school year from April 2018, according to informed sources. The ministry will shortly

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