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Amazon starts fresh food delivery service in Japan

April 24, 2017

Tokyo- Amazon Japan G.K. started a fresh food delivery service on Friday, allowing customers to receive products they buy in as short as four hours after order placements in some cases. Japan is the third country after the United States and

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NTT Docomo to allow work half from home, half in office

April 24, 2017

Tokyo- NTT Docomo Inc.  plans to allow employees to flexibly combine work from home and in office during a day as part of its work style reforms, Jiji Press learned Thursday. The mobile phone giant will start a program in October

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Aichi police ink child care deal to prep for disasters

April 24, 2017

OKAZAKI, AICHI PREF.- Striking a good work-life balance is a major challenge for many child-rearing families, and police officers, who are in demand in times of emergencies, are no exception. In the city of Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, the local

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Toshiba says it will split four in-house units into subsidiaries

April 24, 2017

Tokyo- Struggling major Japanese electronics and machinery maker Toshiba Corp. said Monday that it will split four key in-house units, including infrastructure operations, into subsidiaries as part of its business reconstruction efforts. Through the measure, Toshiba aims to effectively maintain its

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Major war would be unavoidable if US attacks N. Korea: expert

April 24, 2017

WASHINGTON- If the United States employs military force against North Korea, which has made repeated missile launches and other provocative actions, a major war on the Korean Peninsula would be unavoidable, a US expert said in a recent interview with Jiji

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Incumbent still mayor in Okinawa

April 24, 2017

NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- Toshio Shimabukuro, an independent supported by Japan’s ruling coalition, won his third term as mayor of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in an election on Sunday. Shimabukuro, 64, defeated Sueko Yamauchi, an independent and former prefectural assembly member backed by

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Abe, Trump agree to demand North Korean self-restraint

April 24, 2017

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump, in phone talks Monday morning, agreed to strongly demand North Korea exercise self-restraint amid increasing tensions over its nuclear and missile development.”Japan will continue to cooperate closely with the United

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LDP’s Kochi-Kai marks 60th anniv in shadow of long-serving Abe

LDP’s Kochi-Kai marks 60th anniv in shadow of long-serving Abe

April 23, 2017

Tokyo- Kochi-kai, a once-mainstream liberal faction of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, marks the 60th anniversary of its establishment this year, just as LDP President Shinzo Abe is eyeing a longer tenure as prime minister than any predecessor. During a party

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