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Japan’s Motegi vows to overcome protectionism

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi vowed Monday to put all his strength into overcoming challenges standing in the way of his country’s economy, including protectionism. In an economic policy speech to both chambers of the Diet, Japan’s

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Emperor Akihito speaks at ordinary diet session ceremony

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s Emperor Akihito gave a speech at the opening ceremony for the ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Monday. The ceremony for the 198th Diet session was the last of its kind for Emperor Akihito to deliver

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Japan sent monitoring mission for BOL plebiscite

January 28, 2019

Japan, on January 21, dispatched a monitoring team to Cotabato City as international observers of the first plebiscite for the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a press statement from the Embassy of Japan said Monday,.   The mission, headed

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Military orders close monitoring of maritime waters in Visayas

January 28, 2019

A military official ordered  close monitoring of maritime waters in the Visayas region following the twin explosions in Jolo last Sunday. “I have ordered all our troops, the Army, Navy and Air Force to closely monitor the maritime waters of

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Annual wage talks effectively kick off in Japan

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–A two-day management-labor forum of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, began in Tokyo on Monday, effectively marking the start of this year’s “shunto” annual spring wage talks. In a speech, Keidanren Chairman Hiroaki Nakanishi expressed hope that member companies

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Japan MSDF Ikazuchi arriving for goodwill visit

January 28, 2019

A destroyer of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) is arriving in the country on Tuesday morning. Capt. Jonathan Zata, public affairs director of the Philippine Navy,  said JS Ikazuchi, a Murasame class destroyer will arrive at Pier 9, South Harbor

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Abe defends consumption Tax Hike as Inevitable

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a policy speech before the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Monday, defended a planned consumption tax hike in October as inevitable to allow the country to cope with its aging population. Abe reiterated his eagerness to

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Authorities looking at probable suspects of Jolo blast

January 28, 2019

Suspects responsible for the explosion at the Mt. Carmel Cathedral in Jolo were seen on the CCTV camera footage. Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano in a press briefing in Jolo Monday said they saw the alleged suspects enter the church before

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