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Japan govt submits budget plan as Diet starts 150-day session

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–The government submitted to the Diet, Japan’s parliament, its fiscal 2019 draft budget with general-account spending at a record 101,457.1 billion yen on Monday, as the Diet started a 150-day ordinary session the same day. The fiscal 2019 initial budget,

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Ruling coalition-backed rookie wins Yamanashi governor race

January 28, 2019

Kofu, Yamanashi Pref.–Rookie Kotaro Nagasaki supported by the ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito won the gubernatorial election in Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sunday. The 50-year-old former lawmaker of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber

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J-Pop group Arashi to become dormant at end of 2020

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–Five members of Arashi, a popular men’s pop group in Japan, said Sunday they will halt group activities at the end of 2020. The members and talent agency Johnny&Associates Inc., where they belong, made the decision through talks held after

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Japan to cancel SDF destroyer’s Busan port call

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–The Japanese government is considering canceling a plan to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Izumo destroyer call at Busan, South Korea, in April amid deteriorating relations between the two countries over the radar lock-on incident and subsequent developments, informed sources

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Westmincom eyes Ajang-Ajang group behind Sulu explosions

January 27, 2019

The authorities have been eyeing a group linked to the terrorist Abu Sayyaf as the one behind the deadly blasts inside a cathedral in Jolo, Sulu on Sunday morning. In a statement, military’s Western Mindanao Command said that based on

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Gov’t trying to establish if Sulu blasts linked to BOL ratification – Esperon

January 27, 2019

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said the government security agencies have yet to establish if the twin explosions in Jolo, Sulu Sunday morning were related to the Bangsamoro Organic Law. The “no” votes won in the plebiscite for BOL

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Palace denounces Jolo cathedral bombing

January 27, 2019

Malacanang on Sunday condemned the two explosions that rocked a Catholic church in Jolo, Sulu and left at least 18 people dead and scores wounded. “We condemn in the strongest possible term the bomb explosions that occurred inside and outside

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Ratification of Bangsamoro law ushers “ray of hope” to war-torn Mindanao areas – Palace

January 27, 2019

Malacanang said the ratification of Bangsamoro Organic Law signals a “ray of hope” to the soon to be Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. “The sovereign voice of the participating voters in the just concluded plebiscite has spoken, ushering a

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