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Japan plans to fund building of drug rehab center in Baguio

May 14, 2017

The Japanese government is eyeing to finance the construction of a state-of-the-art drug rehabilitation center for drug dependents in Baguio City, a local official said. According to Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan, officials from the Department of Health already talked

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NBI arrests Japanese for alleged use, sale of illegal drugs

May 13, 2017

A Japanese national was arrested in a law enforcement operation conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation in Manila on Friday night. In a report, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said the Japanese was arrested inside his hotel room

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Nissan sales, profits down

May 12, 2017

Tokyo- Nissan Motor Co. saw its consolidated sales and operating balance fall simultaneously for the first time in eight years in fiscal 2016, which ended in March. In the year, operating profit at the major Japanese automaker slid 6.4 percent from

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Restaurant bus tours catch on

May 12, 2017

NIIGATA- Tours using “restaurant buses” that allow participants to enjoy cuisine and visit farms that produced food used in the meals, as well as sightseeing spots, are catching on in Japan about a year after the service was launched in

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Constitution should be clear about military: Nakasone

May 12, 2017

Tokyo- Japan should revise the war-renouncing Article 9 of the constitution to make it clear about the country’s possession of a military for self-defense, former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone has said in his new book. “It is necessary to clearly state

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Japan protests US parachuting drill in Okinawa

May 12, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government has lodged a protest against a nighttime parachuting exercise conducted Wednesday at the US military’s Kadena Air Base in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said Friday. Under a Japan-US agreement, such training at

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LDP panel vows to boost efforts to revise Article 9 of constitution

May 12, 2017

Tokyo- The chief of a ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel vowed Friday to increase efforts to revise war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution based on a proposal by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is also LDP president. “I feel the president

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Panasonic suffers sales, net profit falls on strong yen

May 12, 2017

OSAKA- Panasonic Corp. said Thursday that it suffered year-on-year drops in consolidated sales and net profit in fiscal 2016, battered by the yen’s strengthening. In the year that ended in March, the major Japanese electronics maker posted a net profit of

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