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Japan and China leaders hold 1st face-to-face talks
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CBC
With an awkward handshake, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held formal talks on Monday for the first time since the two leaders took office, a breakthrough in efforts to improve ties between the Asian rivals.
Television footage showed Abe waiting for Xi...
With an awkward handshake, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held formal talks on Monday for the first time since the two leaders took office, a breakthrough in efforts to improve ties between the Asian rivals.
Television footage showed Abe waiting for Xi...
- November 11, 2014
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40.3% of Japanese youth depend on parents for income: survey
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JAPANTODAY
The world economy has taken a pretty big hit since 2007, and every country is doing what it can to recover. Some have been able to do better than others, but for most people, they haven’t gotten back to pre-crash numbers, whatever that may be.
While unemployment numbers have steadi...
The world economy has taken a pretty big hit since 2007, and every country is doing what it can to recover. Some have been able to do better than others, but for most people, they haven’t gotten back to pre-crash numbers, whatever that may be.
While unemployment numbers have steadi...
- November 8, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 8, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 8, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 8, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 8, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 6, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 6, 2014
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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.
The ...
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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- November 6, 2014
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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...
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...
- November 6, 2014
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