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Japan to provide new aid of up to $100 million to Ebola-hit West Africa

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NEWSONJAPAN
 
Japan will provide up to $100 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Ebola-hit West Africa, the government said Friday.
The grant aid comes on top of $40 million Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged at the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September to combat the deadly vi...

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3 workers injured at Fukushima nuclear plant

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JAPANTODAY
 
Three workers were injured Friday, one seriously, when a steel railing fell from the top of a tank being constructed to store contaminated water at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, said.
 
The workers were not contamin...

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Japan governor approves Sendai reactor restart

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BBC
 
Two reactors at Japan's Sendai nuclear plant are due to become the first to be restarted in the country since the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima facility.
 
The governor of Japan's Kagoshima prefecture gave his approval, marking the final hurdle for the restart, which is now likely to happe...

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Japan and Thailand to cooperate over defense equipment

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
Defense Minister Akinori Eto and his Thai counterpart Prawit Wongsuwan have agreed that the two countries will cooperate over defense equipment.
 
At a meeting held in Tokyo on Thursday, Eto agreed to a proposal from Prawit that Japan and Thailand start working-level talks on the...

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President of Asahi Shimbun newspaper to resign

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MAINICHI
 
President Tadakazu Kimura of The Asahi Shimbun newspaper, which came under heavy fire for past reports about "comfort women" and the Fukushima nuclear crisis, is planning to announce his resignation in mid-November, a source familiar with the situation said Wednesday.
 
In a document u...

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Total picture needed for future electric power system

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MAINICHI
 
Five utilities including Kyushu Electric Power Co. have suspended signing new contracts to buy power generated with renewable energy, such as solar power and wind power, under a system in which major electricity suppliers are required to buy such power at a fixed price. This is because...

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Japan-ASEAN draft sees enhanced security cooperation in the region

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KYODO NEWS
 
Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will agree to enhance cooperation among them to create a "more peaceful and stable security environment" in the region, a Japan-ASEAN diplomatic source said Thursday, an implicit reference to disputes in the South China Sea.
 
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Japanese translation app helps tourists shop, order food and more

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PCWORLD
 
NTT DoCoMo wants travelers to Japan to say more than just “sayonara” when they hear Japanese.
 
The mobile carrier is introducing an app that can instantly translate spoken Japanese into English and other languages and vice versa.
 
Compared to Google Translate and other translation app...

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UNIQLO gives away 200,000 Heattech innerwear items worldwide

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JAPANTODAY
 
UNIQLO on Tuesday announced a worldwide launch of its “2014 Feel The Warmth” campaign, whereby it will give away its Heattech thermal innerwear to applicants UNIQLO selects, based on their explanation of how they or someone they know is regularly exposed to the cold through the winte...

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'Super Mario' creator flirts with film, but games still true love

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JAPANTODAY
 
“Super Mario Bros” creator Shigeru Miyamoto has produced some of the world’s biggest video game hits over the past three decades, and now he has added film producer to his long list of credits.
 
Miyamoto unveiled his latest project, “PIKMIN Short Movies”, at the Tokyo International ...

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