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Tomei Expressway to mark 50 years of full opening

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–The 347-kilometer Tomei Expressway, running through a key business corridor between Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is set to mark on Sunday the 50th anniversary of its full opening in 1969. It has supported the growth and development of

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Japan government begins talks to cut mobile phone penalty charges

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–An expert panel of Japan’s communications ministry Tuesday started discussions to address mobile phone service providers’ practice of preventing users from switching to other companies with fixed-term contracts. The expected main topic will be how to lower penalty charges imposed

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Sara Duterte says she’s not the right person to endorse next Speaker

May 22, 2019

Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said she is not the right person to endorse someone to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. This as the presidential daughter revealed that incoming Taguig City Representative Alan Peter Cayetano warned

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Japan agency to call for family names to come first in Roman script

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency will shortly issue a notice calling for Japanese people’s names to be described in order of last name and then first name when rendered in Roman script, education minister Masahiko Shibayama said Tuesday. The notice will

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Foreign visitors to Japan hit record high in April

May 22, 2019

Tokyo–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in April inched up 0.9 pct from a year before to a monthly record high of 2,926,700, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Tuesday. The number increased amid the season for cherry

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Five re-electionists lead 12 senators proclaimed by Comelec

May 22, 2019

The Commission on Elections ( Comelec) on Wednesday formally declared the winners for the 2019 midterm senatorial elections. Of the 12 elected, five are re-electionists and four returning senators. Three, who held key posts in President Rodrigo Duterte’s government before

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Manila Bay clean-up yields 400 truckloads of trash, silt: MMDA

May 22, 2019

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has collected at total of 3,018 cubic meters of rubbish and silt from Roxas Boulevard and waterways as part of the Manila Bay rehabilitation project in nearly four months. In its summary of accomplishment

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Japan, U.S. to hold ministerial session on trade before Summit

May 22, 2019

Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the United States are considering holding a ministerial session under their trade negotiation framework in Tokyo this weekend, ahead of a bilateral summit next week, informed sources said Tuesday. Japanese economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu

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