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Japan to accept more refugees under resettlement program

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government said Wednesday it will increase from fiscal 2020 the number of refugees it accepts under a program allowing those fleeing their nations to resettle in a third country. The government will ease its criteria for accepting refugees

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Japan on high alert ahead of Trump’s 4-day visit from Saturday

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government is making full-fledged preparations to receive U.S. President Donald Trump as a state guest from Saturday, with the Tokyo metropolitan area on high alert for terror attacks and other emergencies. A ban has been issued for drone

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Ex-member of pop group arrested for cannabis possession

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Junnosuke Taguchi, a former member of Japanese all-male pop group KAT-TUN, and actress Rena Komine were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of cannabis possession at their home in Tokyo. Taguchi, 33, and Komine, 38, were arrested by the narcotics control department

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Global warming blamed for last year’s boiling heat in Japan

May 23, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s extreme heat wave last July was caused by the impact of global warming, a research team said Wednesday. An article about the team’s research was published in a journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. The team of researchers

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Duterte inks law institutionalizing 4Ps

May 23, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the law institutionalizing the conditional cash transfer program or known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Republic Act No. 11310, otherwise known as the “Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, was inked on April

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1,000-Yen congestion surcharge eyed during Tokyo Olympic

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–The transport ministry, the Tokyo metropolitan government and other authorities are considering a 1,000-yen congestion surcharge for some sections of the metropolitan expressway network during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, informed sources said Wednesday. The expressways subject to the

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Government to support Japanese sentenced for spying in China: Suga

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–The government will do its utmost to support a Japanese man sentenced in China for espionage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. “We’ll give as much assistance as possible from the perspective of protecting Japanese nationals,” Suga told a

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Man arrested for allegedly shining laser beam at U.S. Aircraft

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–Tokyo police have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly pointing a laser beam at U.S. military aircraft stationed at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, western Tokyo, it was learned Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that Yoshinori Shigekawa from Akiruno,

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