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Tokyo governor calls for work-style reforms for Olympics

May 29, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike Wednesday called for cooperation from businesses to promote work-style reforms in an effort to alleviate traffic congestion during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Japanese capital. “New work styles will not only reduce traffic

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Abe calls for sharing of info on suspicious people

May 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called for stepped up sharing of information about suspicious people to secure the safety of children on their way to and from school, in the wake of the previous day’s stabbing rampage that

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Japan enacts amended law for curbing CFC emissions

May 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japan on Wednesday enacted a bill to amend the law for curbing the emissions of fluorocarbons, in order to ensure their substitutes with strong greenhouse effects are recovered appropriately. The House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet, the

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Japan diet enacts bill to allow online simulcasts by NHK

May 29, 2019

Tokyo–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted on Wednesday a bill for allowing Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, to start online simulcasts of its television programs. The bill to revise the broadcast law was approved at a plenary meeting of the House

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U.S. keeps Japan, China on Forex monitoring list

May 29, 2019

Washington–The U.S. Treasury Department said in a semiannual report Tuesday that it has kept Japan and China, both running major trade surpluses with the United States, on its “Monitoring List” over their foreign exchange policies. With the designation, the U.S.

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Stocks up, peso ends slightly lower vs US dollar

May 29, 2019

Philippine stocks gained on  Wednesday, with the main share index closing higher. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index settled at 7,797.75, up 36.46 points. In the broader market, there were 92 gainers and 92 decliners, while 52 shares were unchanged.

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Legislation to prevent power harassment enacted in Japan

May 29, 2019

Tokyo–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted on Wednesday legislation requiring corporations to introduce measures to prevent so-called power harassment. Amendments to the existing law on workplace regulations were passed by the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of the Diet. The

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Canada to take back trash on Wednesday: DOJ chief

May 29, 2019

Canada is set to ship back its containers of trash at its own expense on Thursday, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Wednesday. “I have just been informed that the Canadian trash will finally be shipped back to Canada tomorrow,”

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