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Pence to visit Japan from Tues. for economic dialogue with Aso

April 16, 2017

WASHINGTON- US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Japan from Tuesday to attend the first meeting the same day of a bilateral economic dialogue led by him and Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso. Pence will also meet

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Father of dead Vietnamese girl returns to Japan

April 16, 2017

NARITA, CHIBA PREF.- The father of a nine-year-old Vietnamese girl found dead in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba last month flew back to Japan on Sunday morning from his home country where he bur­ied the body of her daughter. Le

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Memorial service held in quake-ravaged Kumamoto town

April 16, 2017

MASHIKI, KUMAMOTO PREF. -A memorial service was held in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefec­ture, southwestern Japan, on Saturday for victims of the pow­erful earthquakes that ravaged the town a year ago. The ceremony, organized by the Mashiki town government, brought together 390

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Narita, 11 other airports introduce new devices to speed up immigration  

April 16, 2017

NARITA, CHIBA PREF.-Narita International Airport near Tokyo and 11 other Japa­nese airports on Saturday start­ed using portable personal iden­tification devices to speed up immigration checks, at a time when the number of tourists from abroad is soaring. The device, called

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Japan protests against N. Korea’s missile launch

April 16, 2017

TOKYO- The Japanese government through diplomatic channels on Sunday filed a strong protest against North Korea’s ballistic missile launch the same day and denounced the latest provocative action. Japan, the United States and South Korea believe that the missile launch ended

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Fighter jets scrambled at record pace in fiscal 2016 : defense ministry

April 14, 2017

Tokyo- Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighter jets a record 1,168 times in fiscal 2016, which ended last month, the Defense Ministry said Thursday. The number of scrambles against Chinese aircraft, including fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes, surged by 280 from

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Japan preparing for potential emergency over North Korea

April 14, 2017

TOKYO- The Japanese government at a meeting of the National Security Council on Thursday confirmed its stance of taking all possible surveillance and precautionary measures amid heightened tensions over North Korea following its repeated nuclear and missile tests, and against any

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OECD urges Japan to change culture of long working hours

April 14, 2017

Tokyo- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Thursday urged Japan to change its culture of long working hours to improve its work-life balance for the country’s economic growth. In a survey report, the Paris-based think tank cited a declining

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