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INTERVIEW: Voters face choice between stability, confusion, Komeito says

July 9, 2019

Tokyo–The July 21 House of Councillors election is an opportunity for Japanese voters to choose between stable government and confusion, Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi said in a recent interview. “As a ruling party, we hope to tackle key challenges at

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INTERVIEW: DPFP highlights “Household First” economic policy

July 9, 2019

Tokyo–The Democratic Party for the People is placing a “household first” economic policy at the center of its campaign for the July 21 House of Councillors election, according to party leader Yuichiro Tamaki. “Stubbornly slow consumption indicates the weakest point

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INTERVIEW: CDPJ to campaign on people’s lives in upper house election

July 9, 2019

Tokyo–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will focus on helping people’s lives as a key pillar of its platform in the July 21 House of Councillors election, party head Yukio Edano said in a recent interview. “The largest

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INTERVIEW: LDP’s Nikai dismisses public pension worries

July 9, 2019

Tokyo–Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, rejected worries over the country’s public pension system, in a recent interview with Jiji Press. “The public pension system is sustainable well into the future thanks to a series of reforms,”

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TOKYO REPORT: Seven-Eleven, Lawson to cut prices for food near expiration

July 9, 2019

Tokyo–Two leading Japanese convenience store chain operators will carry out effective price cuts for rice balls, “bento” boxed meals and other prepared food close to their consume-by dates, in a bid to reduce food waste. Lawson Inc. began a test

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BOJ keeps views on all 9 regional economies unchanged

July 8, 2019

Tokyo–The Bank of Japan kept unchanged its ratings for all of the country’s nine regional economies in a quarterly report on Monday, while pointing to “heightening uncertainties” abroad, due partly to U.S.-China trade friction. Still, the central bank made an

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Japanese confirms effects of manga-style hypergravity training

July 8, 2019

Nagoya–A Japanese professor has confirmed effects of physical training under strong gravity through experiments in an environment mimicking a special training chamber that appeared in the popular comic series “Dragon Ball.” The motor-learning capacities of animals can be enhanced in

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Moon hints at retaliation against Japan’s export controls

July 8, 2019

Seoul–South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday hinted that his government may take retaliatory measures against Japan’s tightened controls on its exports of semiconductor materials to South Korea if any real damage arises. On Thursday, the Japanese government took the

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