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Anime fans mourn loss of lives in Kyoto studio arson attack

July 25, 2019

Kyoto–Anime fans, including foreigners, visited a Kyoto Animation Co. studio in Kyoto on Thursday to mourn for the lives lost in an arson attack last week. Flowers, message boards and paintbrushes were piled on an altar set up some 100

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Abe to tackle diplomatic challenges for political legacy

July 25, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will tackle diplomatic challenges, including abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea and a territorial dispute with Russia, after securing victory in Sunday’s House of Councillors election. Abe, who will become the longest-serving prime minister

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“Tokyo Tarareba Girls” wins Eisner Comic Award

July 25, 2019

Tokyo–The English version of “Tokyo Tarareba Girls,” a girls’ manga series by Akiko Higashimura from Japan, has won a 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award of the United States, according to major Japanese publisher Kodansha Ltd. The prestigious award for

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Duterte raises to P3 million reward vs killers of cops in Negros Oriental

July 25, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has raised to P3 million the bounty for those who could give information that would lead to the arrest or even neutralization of  alleged members of the Neople’s Army responsible for the death of four policemen in

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Freelancers account for 5 percent of workers in Japan

July 25, 2019

Tokyo–About 3.06 million to 3.41 million people are working freelance in Japan, accounting for roughly 5 pct of total workers in the counthttps://manila-shimbun.ph/wp-admin/post-new.phpry, the Cabinet Office said in an estimate released Wednesday. Of them, about 1.58 million to 2.28 million

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Narita Airport passengers hit record high in 1st half

July 25, 2019

Tokyo-The number of flight passengers using Narita International Airport near Tokyo in January-June rose 5 pct from a year before to 21,673,022, hitting a record high for the sixth straight first-half period, its operator said Thursday. The total number of

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All 34 victims identified a week after Kyoto studio arson attack

July 25, 2019

Kyoto–The police department of Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, said Thursday that it has identified all 34 victims of the arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio that occurred a week ago. The police used DNA profiling for the identification

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Japan ends gathering of opinions on removal of South Korea from “White” list

July 25, 2019

Tokyo–The period of the Japanese government soliciting public comments on its plan to remove South Korea from the so-called white list of trusted trading partners qualified for simplified export procedures ended on Wednesday. The Japanese government is expected to decide

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