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(UPDATE) Duterte, Japanese foreign minister discuss terrorism, infra program during meeting

August 8, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte met on Tuesday newly-appointed Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and discussed with him various issues, including the campaign against terrorism. Kono, who participated in the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings in Manila, called on Duterte at

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Japan asks China to come up with “transparent” COC with ASEAN

August 8, 2017

Japan has urged China to reach a “transparent” code of conduct with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the disputed South China Sea. In a press briefing, Japan Deputy Press Secretary Toshihide Ando said the South China Sea was

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Toshiba to announce April-June results on Thursday

August 8, 2017

TOKYO- Toshiba Corp. plans to announce its consolidated earnings results for April-June on Thursday, informed sources told Jiji Press on Tuesday. Toshiba’s auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC, is likely to approve the results, the sources said. Toshiba and PwC Aarata are

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S. Korean court orders Mitsubishi Heavy to compensate for wartime labor

August 8, 2017

GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA- Gwangju District Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Tuesday to pay damages to a South Korean woman who was recruited to work for the Japanese company during World War II and the family of a former

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Okinawa asks US to suspend Osprey flights

August 8, 2017

KITANAKAGUSUKU- Okinawa Vice Governor Moritake Tomikawa asked the head of US forces in Okinawa Prefecture on Tuesday to suspend operations of MV-22 Ospreys in Japan until the cause of a fatal crash of the tilt-rotor aircraft off Australia has been

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1st-half current account surplus hits high since 2nd-half 2007

August 8, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s current account surplus in January-June hit the highest level on a half-year basis since the second half of 2007, before a global financial crisis was triggered by the 2008 collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, the Ministry

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Vietnam foreign chief praises Kono for challenging China

August 8, 2017

MANILA- Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh praised his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, when the two met in Manila on Tuesday for his remarks opposing China’s development of military facilities in the South China Sea. Minh said that he highly

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Japan cites importance of abiding tribunal’s award on South China Sea

August 7, 2017

Japan underscored on Monday the importance of abiding the United Nations Arbitral Tribunal’s award to the Philippines regarding its territorial disputes with China. In a press conference at the International Media Center in Pasay City, Japan Foreign Minister Taro Kono

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