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Japan to utilize AI for tax administration

June 25, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s National Tax Agency has unveiled plans to utilize artificial intelligence for automating response to inquiries and consultations from taxpayers, and choosing tax investigation targets. The plans were included in the agency’s vision for national tax administration in about 10

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Abe aims to submit LDP’s constitutional revision plan by year-end

June 25, 2017

KOBE- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe showed his hope on Saturday that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party will submit its proposal for constitutional amendments to relevant panels of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, within this year. “I hope that the LDP

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4 entities apply for defense equipment research financing program

June 25, 2017

Tokyo- Four institutions have applied for the Japanese Defense Ministry’s program in fiscal 2017 for financing research projects on the development of defense equipment in the future, Jiji Press learned Sunday. This was found through a survey by the major

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Kabuki star Ebizo resolved to play mom as well

June 25, 2017

Tokyo- Kabuki star Ichikawa Ebizo XI expressed on his blog on Saturday his resolve to play the role of mother, after the death of his wife, newscaster Mao Kobayashi, on Thursday. In a blog post, titled “Daddy will play mom,” 39-year-old

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Japanese political parties racing to woo young voters

June 25, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese political parties are striving to win votes from young people, one year after the country’s voting age was cut to 18 from 20. Both ruling and opposition parties are putting forward policies to attract youngsters, including greater educational opportunities

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Powerful quake hits Nagano Prefecture

June 25, 2017

Tokyo- A powerful earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.6 on the open-ended Richter scale jolted the central Japan prefecture of Nagano on Sunday morning, injuring several people. The temblor, which struck around 7:02 a.m. (10:02 p.m. Saturday GMT), registered

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De facto public bailout of Toshiba draws controversy

June 24, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government’s wishes were behind Toshiba Corp.’s selection this week of an international consortium led by a Japanese state-backed investment fund as its preferential negotiating partner on the planned sale of its Toshiba Memory Corp. unit. Before announcing

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Mao Kobayashi’s blog on cancer battle “groundbreakingˮ: BBC

June 24, 2017

LONDON- Japanese newscaster Mao Kobayashi’s blog on her battle against breast cancer was “groundbreaking,” British broadcaster BBC reported Friday. Kobayashi, wife of popular kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI, 39, and a mother of two children, died on Thursday at the

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