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INTERVIEW: Miyagi aims for revitalization through tourism

February 22, 2019

Sendai, Miyagi Pref.–Miyagi Governor Yoshihiro Murai has expressed his resolve to focus on tourism to revitalize the northeastern Japan prefecture, hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. “In order to spur regional revitalization, we need to increase the

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Hayabusa 2 touches down on Asteroid Ryugu

February 22, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s Hayabusa2 unmanned space probe apparently touched down on the asteroid Ryugu Friday morning, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said. Data from Hayabusa2 showed that it shot a bullet into the surface of the asteroid to collect samples

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Measles infections increasing in Japan

February 22, 2019

Tokyo–Since the start of 2019, the number of measles patients has been growing in Japan at the fastest pace in the past decade, with the central prefecture of Mie leading the increase. The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said Tuesday

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Abe, Trump to have golf diplomacy again in Japan

February 22, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump are set to play golf together during Trump’s planned trip to Japan, informed sources said Thursday. Through the golf diplomacy, the two leaders hope to underscore the strong Japan-U.S. alliance.

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MILF not a revolutionary movement anymore, Murad says

February 22, 2019

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is no longer a revolutionary movement after more than 40 years of fighting the Philippine government, its chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim declared on Friday. This was after Murad and the other MILF combatants

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Duterte to consult congressional leaders as to housing department head

February 22, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Friday the has to consult with the congressional leadership as to who will head the newly-created Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development. In an interview in Malacanang, Duterte said he needs to talk to

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Japan heartily welcomes establishment of Bangsamoro Transition Authority: Kono

February 22, 2019

Japan heartily welcomes the establishment of the Bangsamoro Transition Authorityy, according to Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday. ” This is an important milestone that marks a considerable progress in the Mindanao peace process,” according to Kono, whose remarks were

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Duterte puts his trust into BTA to handle decommissioning of firearms, ex-combatants

February 22, 2019

President Rodrigo Duterte trusts that the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) decommissions their firearms and former combatants in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).  “I trust that you will oversee the transition period to the best of your abilities, especially in the decommissioning of

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