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Major rally held in Okinawa to oppose US base relocation

August 13, 2017

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- A major rally was held in Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday to display opposition to the ongoing project to build a new US military facility in the Henoko coastal area of Nago in the southern Japan prefecture. The

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Abe vows best efforts to protect people amid N. Korea threat

August 13, 2017

NAGATO, YAMAGUCHI PREF.- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed on Saturday to do everything to protect the people amid the growing missile threat of North Korea. “We’re doing all we can to protect the people’s lives and their property,” Abe

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Edano, DP leader candidate, negative on working with Koike

August 11, 2017

TOKYO- Former Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, planning to run in the leadership election of the main opposition Democratic Party, has signaled a negative attitude toward working with popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. “Koike takes a policy stance that

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Advisory panel postpones decision on Kake school plan

August 11, 2017

TOKYO- A Japanese government advisory panel has postponed its decision on whether to approve a plan to establish a new veterinary medicine faculty by Kake Educational Institution, a school operator at the center of a favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister

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Ishiba most popular pick as next PM.: Jiji poll

August 11, 2017

TOKYO- Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular pick among the public as a politician deemed preferable to become Japan’s next prime minister, a Jiji Press poll has found. Fully 18.0 percent of the respondents chose

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Mitsubishi Heavy again ordered to compensate for wartime labor

August 11, 2017

GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA- Gwangju District Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Friday to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during World War II. The court ordered the Japanese company to pay 100 million to 150 million won

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National debt rises to record 1,078 trillion yen

August 11, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s national debt hit a record 1,078,966.4 billion yen at the end of June, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The national debt, or the combined balance of Japanese government bonds, securities and borrowings, increased 7,407 billion yen from three

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Defense ministry OKs Osprey flights in Japan

August 11, 2017

TOKYO- The Defense Ministry said Friday it has decided to accept MV-22 Osprey flights in Japan as the United States took steps for safe flights of the tilt-rotor transport aircraft following a recent fatal crash. Japan and the United States

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