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JICA, DPWH, PICE to boost quake emergency quick response in Philippines

JICA, DPWH, PICE to boost quake emergency quick response in Philippines

June 19, 2017

In light of earthquakes in southern Philippines and some parts of Luzon this year affecting key infrastructure and roads, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Department of Public Works and Highways and Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) have

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Bodies of US navy sailors found in stricken Fitzgerald

June 18, 2017

YOKOHAMA- The bodies of U.S. Navy sailors have been found in the USS Fitzgerald, which was damaged in a collision with a container ship off central Japan on Saturday, Navy sources said Sunday. The Navy’s Seventh Fleet, based in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture,

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70 % of Japan local govts have climate adaptation plans

June 18, 2017

Tokyo- Over 70 pct of all prefectures and major cities in Japan have adaptation plans to minimize the negative effects of global warming, a Jiji Press survey showed on Saturday. In the survey, conducted between May and June, 34 of the

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Hibakusha hand in 3m. signatures backing nuke abolition

June 18, 2017

NEW YORK- A group of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors on Friday handed in a list of 2,963,889 signatories supporting nuclear weapons abolition and paper cranes to the chair of resumed U.N. talks for a nuclear arms ban treaty. Elayne Whyte Gomez,

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Abe seen visiting Estonia, nearby countries next month

June 18, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Estonia, Denmark, Finland and Sweden next month after attending a Group of 20 summit in Germany on July 7-8, informed sources said Saturday. With Estonia set to hold the rotating European Union

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Abe plans to reshuffle Cabinet, party leadership

June 18, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to reshuffle his cabinet and the executive posts of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party after taking a hit from a scandal involving the Kake Educational Institution, informed sources said Saturday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide

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US to impose antidumping duties on rebar from Japan

June 18, 2017

WASHINGTON- The United States is set to impose antidumping duties on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Japan and Turkey under an International Trade Commission decision announced Friday. The ITC has voted to determine that the U.S. industry is “materially injured” by

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Japan succeeds in artificial incubation of endangered bird

June 18, 2017

  TOYAMA- A Toyama zoo has succeeded in artificial incubation of two Japanese rock ptarmigan babies, the first feat for the endangered bird in 19 years in Japan, the Environment Ministry said Sunday. Japan thus made major progress toward the establishment

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