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Beijingers buy less fireworks over pollution concerns 

January 29, 2017

BEIJING- Beijingers set off less fireworks this year over pollution concerns as they celebrate Spring Festival, the most important festival in the Chinese calendar. The Chinese Lunar New Year, which this year is the Year of the Rooster, fell on Saturday.

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Abe, Trump to hold 1st summit meeting on Feb.10

January 29, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday agreed to hold their first summit meeting in Washington on Feb.10, said Abe here after telephone talks with Trump on Saturday. The two leaders made the agreement during

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Toshiba to spin off top-earning flash memory business

January 28, 2017

TOKYO- Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it will spin-off its top-earning flash memory business at the end of March, in a bid to make up for huge losses the group is facing from write-downs in its failing nuclear power business.     

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Panasonic to end U.S. vacuum cleaner business due to cheaper competition

January 28, 2017

TOKYO- Panasonic Corp. said on Friday it will end its vacuum cleaner development business in North America at the end of March as its vacuum business is failing to deal with cheaper competition.      Panasonic set up a plant for its

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Iran begins exports of condensate to Japan

January 28, 2017

TEHRAN- Iran has started exporting condensate, a form of ultra-light oil, from its South Pars gas field to Japan, Press TV reported on Friday, quoting an Iranian energy official as saying.      Pirouz Mousavi, the managing director of the National Iranian

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Spotlight: Official reaffirms Chinese stance on South China Sea

January 27, 2017

BEIJING- The South China Sea issue is the business of China and other directly concerned countries, which have agreed to focus on joint development and regional peace and stability, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Tuesday in response to

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Japan’s consumer prices decline for 1st time in 4 years in 2016 

January 27, 2017

TOKYO-  Japan’s consumer prices dropped for the first time in four years in 2016 by 0.3 percent from a year earlier in a sign the country is still grappling with deflationary pressure despite the Bank of Japan (BOJ)’s numerous monetary

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Toyota, others urged to build more plants in US

January 20, 2017

WASHINGTON– U.S. Commerce Secretary-designate Wilbur Ross on Wednesday urged Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers to build more plants in the United States as part of efforts to reduce the U.S. trade deficit and increase employment. Speaking at his Senate

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