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Dentsu to face trial over illegal overtime

July 13, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo Summary Court decided Wednesday to put Dentsu Inc.  on a formal trial in a high-profile illegal overtime case. On July 5, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office brought a summary indictment against the Japanese advertising giant on charges of violating

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New body eyed for cybersecurity

July 13, 2017

TOKYO- The Japanese government plans to establish a public-private organization to deal with cyberattacks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. The plan was included in an interim report compiled Thursday by the Cyber Security Strategy Headquarters as

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More bonuses to part-time gov’t workers in fiscal 2018

July 13, 2017

TOKYO= The Japanese government is set to increase bonuses for part-time national government workers in fiscal 2018, informed sources said Wednesday. The National Personnel Agency revised the same day guidelines to allow such part-time workers receive not only term-end but performance-based

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Japan Tobacco in talks to buy major Philippine manufacturer

July 13, 2017

TOKYO- Japan Tobacco Inc. is in talks to acquire assets of Mighty Corp., the second-largest Philippine tobacco maker, it has been learned. The Japanese tobacco maker is apparently aiming to promote its growth through business acquisitions abroad at a time

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Saga Gov. shows readiness to accept Ospreys

July 13, 2017

SAGA- Saga Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi expressed Thursday the southwestern Japan prefecture’s readiness to give its go-ahead to the Defense Ministry’s plan to deploy MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft at Saga Airport. “I’ll do my best,” Yamaguchi told a press conference, showing

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227 public schools in Japan under asbestos scatter risk

July 12, 2017

TOKYO- Japan has 227 public kindergartens, elementary, junior high and senior high schools with old chimneys that may scatter asbestos, an education ministry survey showed Tuesday. The number of risky chimneys using asbestos as heat insulation totals 275 at the 227

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3 found with no sign of life in deluge-hit Kyushu; 25 dead a week on

July 12, 2017

FUKUOKA/OITA- Three people were found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest in the deluge-hit northern part of the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan on Wednesday, a week after torrential rains started to hit the areas to trigger massive flooding, according

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Chief negotiators from 11 TPP nations to start talks in Japan  

July 12, 2017

TOKYO- Chief negotiators from Japan and 10 other countries will hold talks near Tokyo from Wednesday to start concrete discussions for realizing an early effectuation of their Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement without the presence of the United States. Former

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