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Abe sent personal letters to Kim Jong Un: South Korean paper

November 13, 2019

Seoul–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent his personal letters to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un between May and September, proposing holding a summit between them, a major South Korean daily reported Wednesday. Shotaro Yachi, then head of the secretariat

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Tokyo governor election set for July 5, 2020

November 13, 2019

Tokyo–The Tokyo metropolitan government’s election commission Wednesday set the next gubernatorial election for July 5 next year, about three weeks before the opening of the year’s Tokyo Olympics. The poll was set for the furthest Sunday possible under law from

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Teenage boy arrested for slashing elementary school girl

November 13, 2019

Aomori–Police arrested a 14-year-old male junior high school student on Tuesday for allegedly slashing the neck of a girl in an upper grade of elementary school on a street in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, earlier in the day. The

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University students to score descriptive questions in unified entrance exam

November 13, 2019

Tokyo–University students could be among scorers for descriptive questions in tests to be conducted under a new unified university entrance examination system starting in fiscal 2020, the private contractor tasked with the scoring work has said. The Center for Research

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Japan mulls regulating zero-rating mobile services

November 13, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s communications ministry on Tuesday proposed regulating zero-rating mobile phone services that allow subscribers to have unlimited free access to certain online content. Under the proposal, the ministry will call on mobile phone carriers to implement access control to prevent

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Gov’t troops arrest two alleged NPA rebels

November 13, 2019

Government troops arrested two alleged New People’s Army ( NPA)  rebels in Masbate province on Monday night, a military official said Wednesday. Maj. Ricky Anthony Naguilar, public affairs officer of the 9th Infantry Division, said arrested were Alex Goyala alias

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Alleged members of Dawlah Islamiya/Maute Group surrender to AFP

November 13, 2019

Alleged members of the Dawlah Islamiya/Maute Group surrendered to government troops in Lanao del Sur on Monday. Major Arvin Encinas, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Mindanao Command spokesman, identified the members of the terrorist group as Camar Gampong

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PDEA seizes a total P10 million worth of illegal drugs

November 13, 2019

Operatives from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) confiscated around P10 million worth of shabu in two separate buy-bust operation in Metro Manila. According to Public Information Officer III Blaine Canlas of PDEA-Regional Office, a 23-year old woman was arrested

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