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Japan starts talks on improving children’s physical strength

December 26, 2019

Tokyo–The Japan Sports Agency on Thursday held the first meeting of a panel to discuss improving children’s physical strength, planning to draw up specific measures as early as June next year. Poor results were shown in fiscal 2019 fitness tests

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Palace says Trump’s invite stands despite law banning PH officials responsible for De Lima’s detention

December 26, 2019

Malacañang expressed belief on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s invitation to President Rodrigo Duterte to visit Washington remains despite its new law banning Philippine officials responsible for the detention of opposition Senator Leila de Lima. In a press briefing,

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Japan executes 2003 family murderer

December 26, 2019

Tokyo, Dec. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese death-row prisoner convicted of 2003 family murder in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka, the Justice Ministry said. The execution, carried out at the Fukuoka detention house, was the

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Japan November beer exports to S. Korea down by 99%

December 26, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s beer exports to South Korea in November stood at 6.96 million yen, down 99.1 pct from a year before, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The November exports remained very weak due to continued boycotts of Japanese products in South

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Angkas only gave 2,204 authorized riders list: TWG

December 26, 2019

The Technical Working Group (TWG) on Motorcycle Taxi on Thursday said only    2, 204 authorized riders were submitted by ride-sharing app Angkas to be part of the Department of Transportation’s pilot run. In a statement, TWG said based on their

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Duterte daring Joma Sison for one-on-one talk in PH, Palace says

December 26, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte is challenging Jose Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, for a one-on-one meeting in the Philippines. In a press briefing on Thursday, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo assured that Sison, self-exiled in the Netherlands,

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Lorenzana spells out DND gains in 2019

December 26, 2019

The Department of National Defense (DND) has pursued the protection of Filipino people and ensured sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country in 2019, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said in his yearend message Thursday. “As the year 2019 comes to

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Ex-Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Muraoka dies at 88

December 26, 2019

Tokyo–Former Japanese House of Representatives lawmaker Kanezo Muraoka, who served in such key posts as chief cabinet secretary, died of cancer at his home in Tokyo on Wednesday. He was 88. A native of Akita Prefecture, Muraoka won a seat

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