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Rise in fishing by neighbors may keep saury prices high

August 5, 2017

TOKYO- Reasonably priced and tasty, saury is a fixture in autumn meals for Japanese people, but that may change in the foreseeable future. Japan’s saury catches have fallen sharply in the past few years, primarily due to a surge of

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Abe ready to boost diplomatic efforts after Cabinet revamp

August 5, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now ready to step up diplomatic efforts to strengthen international pressure on North Korea to stop provocations, following a cabinet reshuffle carried out on Thursday. The biggest diplomatic and security challenge for the new

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Victims remembered 1 month after Kyushu downpours

August 5, 2017

ASAKURA, FUKUOKA PREF.- Prayers were offered in Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday for people killed in floods caused by downpours that hit the northern part of the Kyushu southwestern Japan region a month ago. City government officials observed a minute

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New Japan defense chief vows to strengthen pressure on N. Korea

August 5, 2017

TOKYO- New Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera vowed on Friday to cooperate with the international community to strengthen pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs. “We need to step up various efforts to contain North Korea, in cooperation

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Toyota revises up annual earnings outlook

August 5, 2017

TOKYO- Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday revised up its group earnings estimates for the year ending in March 2018 on the back of a weaker yen, cost cuts and sales efforts. The leading Japanese automaker raised its net profit forecast to 1.75

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Abe faces host of economic challenges

August 4, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe still faces a host of tough economic challenges after he shuffled his cabinet on Thursday. He needs to redouble efforts to spread benefits from the economic recovery across the country, create new growth industries

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Fire burns 7 buildings in Tsukiji outer market

August 4, 2017

TOKYO- A fire broke out at the outer market of the famed Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo’s Chuo Ward on Thursday, affecting seven buildings covering 935 square meters. No one was injured and nobody is unaccounted for, the Tokyo Fire

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BOJ to link system with foreign central bank for 1st time

August 4, 2017

TOKYO- The Bank of Japan and the Hong Kong central bank plan to link their settlement systems, informed sources said Thursday. If realized, it will be the first time for the BOJ to link its financial network system, called BOJ-Net,

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