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Nurseries set up by companies rising

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- Nurseries set up by companies have increased in Japan, showing a major presence in nationwide efforts to eliminate the shortage of such facilities. As of March 30, 871 nurseries with a combined capacity of some 20,000 children had been judged

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Canadian minister suggests parallel pursuit of TPP, EPA

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- Canadian Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne has indicated his country’s plan to pursue bilateral trade negotiations in parallel with talks for effectuating the Trans-Pacific Partnership multilateral free trade pact without the United States for the time being. “Canada is

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Rules may be tightened for go-karts on public roads

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- The Japanese government will consider measures for safe driving of go-karts permitted to run on public roads following an increase in the number of accidents involving the vehicles, transport minister Keiichi Ishii said Tuesday. “We’ll conduct surveys on the current

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Wildfires rage in northeastern Japan, forcing evacuation

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- Wildfires sparked by dry and windy weather raged in areas in two prefectures along the Pacific coast in the Tohoku northeastern Japan region on Monday. No one is believed to have been injured in the fires, officials of the police

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N. Korea may have made nuclear warheads small: Abe

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that North Korea may have made nuclear warheads small enough to fit on missiles. Pyongyang is believed to be pursuing development of nuclear warheads and their miniaturization in order to put them on

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Abe underscores importance of revising Article 9

May 9, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his intention Tuesday to put priority on revising Article 9 of the country’s postwar Constitution to clarify the legal status of the Self-Defense Forces. “What we have to do now is about the SDF,

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6 killed in apartment fire in southwestern Japan

May 8, 2017

KITAKYUSHU, FUKUOKA PREF.- Six bodies were found on Monday at the site of an apartment building burned down by an overnight fire in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, according to local police. The fire started at around 11:20 p.m. Sunday

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New condos beyond reach of average workers

May 8, 2017

Tokyo- Elevated prices are putting new condominiums out of reach of average workers in Japan. With demand dampened by high acquisition costs, the number of new condos put on sale across Japan in 2016 fell for the third year in a

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