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US, Japan, Australia call on PH, China to abide by arbitral tribunal’s award on South China Sea

August 7, 2017

The United States, Japan and Australia have urged China and the Philippines to follow the ruling of an arbitral tribunal on their territorial disputes in the South China Sea. This was contained in the Australia-Japan-US Trilateral Strategic Dialogue joint statement

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Abe hints at future study on enemy base attack ability

August 7, 2017

HIROSHIMA- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has suggested that the government may launch a study in the future on the possibility of equipping the country with the ability to strike enemy bases before it is hit by a ballistic missile

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Hiroshima hibakusha groups rap Japanʼs failure to sign nuke ban treaty

August 7, 2017

HIROSHIMA Seven organizations of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima Prefecture have criticized the Japanese government’s policy of not signing a landmark UN nuclear weapons ban treaty that was adopted in July. At a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Western Japan

August 7, 2017

TOKYO- Typhoon Noru made landfall in the Kii Peninsula in western Japan on Monday afternoon, causing heavy rain and strong wind in the region. The season’s fifth typhoon reached land over the northern part of Wakayama Prefecture on the peninsula

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Uehara, 1st cabinet minister elected from Okinawa, dies

August 7, 2017

TOKYO- Former National Land Agency chief Kosuke Uehara, the first lawmaker elected from Okinawa Prefecture to become a cabinet minister in Japan, died of respiratory failure on Sunday. He was 84. Uehara, a native of the southernmost Japanese prefecture, led

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Yamanashi mayor arrested over illicit staff hiring

Yamanashi mayor arrested over illicit staff hiring

August 7, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department arrested Yamanashi Mayor Seiki Mochizuki on Monday on suspicion of involvement in illicitly hiring a city employee. The 70-year-old mayor of the central Japan city is suspected of falsifying official documents to help a specific

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Japan, US, Australia voice deep concerns over S. China Sea rows

August 7, 2017

MANILA- The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and Australia on Monday expressed serious concerns over disputes in the South China Sea, where China is increasing its moves to build military facilities. In a joint statement issued after their

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Japan asks US to refrain from Osprey flights

August 6, 2017

TOKYO-Japan called on the United States on Sunday to refrain from flying its Osprey military aircraft in Japan for the time being following the crash of one of the tilt-rotor aircraft in Australia. The Japanese government asked the US military

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