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Tokyo Games Personnel Given Long-Stay Visas

July 28, 2019

Tokyo- With about a year to go until the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, the Japanese government began a special initiative allowing foreign people involved in the preparations for the upcoming games to obtain long-term visas. The

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Nobel Laureate Honjo to Sue Ono Pharma over Patent Royalties

July 28, 2019

Kyoto- Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo plans to bring his patent royalty dispute with Ono Pharmaceutical Co. to court as early as September, seeking an additional payment of 15 billion yen, according to informed sources. In the planned lawsuit with Osaka

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Kyoto Animation-Linked DVD Found at Suspect’s Home

July 28, 2019

Kyoto- Police have found a DVD of a Kyoto Animation Co.-related work at the home of the 41-year-old suspect in a deadly arson attack against the company’s No. 1 studio in Kyoto, western Japan, earlier this month, investigative sources said

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Typhoon Nari turns into tropical cyclone

July 27, 2019

Tokyo–Typhoon Nari, the sixth typhoon this year, turned into a tropical cyclone near Gifu Prefecture in central Japan at 3 p.m. Saturday (6 a.m. GMT), after making landfall in the southern part of Mie Prefecture, also in central Japan, at

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Police search Kyoto arson suspect’s apartment in Saitama

July 26, 2019

Saitama–Police on Friday searched the apartment in Saitama, eastern Japan, of the 41-year-old suspect of last week’s arson attack that killed 34 people at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio. The search lasted about three hours. Kyoto prefectural police members came

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CDPJ Chief Edano under fire within party for election results

July 26, 2019

Tokyo–Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Edano is facing pressure from colleagues in the party to take responsibility for its weaker-than-anticipated performance in the House of Councillors election last Sunday. In the triennial Upper House poll, in which 124

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Private-sector leadership sought for Cool Japan strategy

July 26, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government Friday proposed that the private sector take the initiative to drive its “Cool Japan” strategy aimed at spreading the attractions of the country to others. The private sector should have an organization that will play a central

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Donations by two scandal-hit Japanese comedians turned down

July 26, 2019

Tokyo–A public-interest incorporated association has refused to accept donations from two Japanese comedians at the center of a scandal involving an antisocial group, it was learned Friday. Hiroyuki Miyasako of comedy duo Ameagari Kesshitai and Ryo Tamura, a member of

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