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Tokyo confident of hosting best ever Olympics
By Reuters,
1517, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
A year before hosting the 2020 Olympics, Tokyo is better prepared than any other city in the past to host the Games, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on...
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‘Appalling’ arson attack on Japanese animation studio kills at least 33
By Reuters,
2046, July 18, 2019 (EAT)
A man shouted “die” as he doused an animation studio with fuel and set it ablaze in Japan on Thursday, public broadcaster NHK said, killing at lea...
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Wife of former Nissan boss Ghosn urges Trump to help her husband
By Reuters,
1903, June 17, 2019 (EAT)
The wife of former Nissan Motor chairman Carlos Ghosn urged U.S. President Donald Trump to raise her husband’s case with Japan’s prime minister at...
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Trump arrives in Japan for ceremonial visit as trade tensions loom
By CNN,
1212, May 25, 2019 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, landed in Japan on Saturday on a largely ceremonial visit meant to showcase strong ties with Tokyo ...
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Japan wants you to say its leader’s name correctly: Abe Shinzo
By CNN,
1614, May 22, 2019 (EAT)
Japan has a polite request for the world: Stop saying our names wrong. In Japanese, people are referred to by their family name first, followed by ...
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Japan’s Abe signals shift on North Korea, says will meet Kim without conditions: media
By Reuters,
1243, May 3, 2019 (EAT)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he is ready to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without conditions to end long-running mistrust betwee...
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Japan tells US not to link monetary policy to trade
By VOA,
1855, April 26, 2019 (EAT)
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said Thursday that he told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that Tokyo cannot accept discussions that link mo...
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Japan to compensate victims of forced sterilization
By Reuters,
1004, April 24, 2019 (EAT)
Japan on Wednesday passed a law compensating tens of thousands of people who were sterilized, often without their consent, under a government program ...
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End of an era, literally: Japan to name new imperial epoch on April 1
By CNN,
1214, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
It's the dawning of the age of ... something. Japan will reveal the name of the country's next era on April 1, as the country prepares for the abdi...
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Just one in every 10 politicians in Japan’s lower house is a woman
By CNN,
1217, March 7, 2019 (EAT)
Just 10% of politicians in Japan's House of Representatives are female, a gender imbalance that ranked the worst among G20 nations in new data release...
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Trump heads to Hanoi for second summit with Kim
By VOA,
1125, February 26, 2019 (EAT)
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — U.S. President Donald Trump is heading to Hanoi for his second summit with Kim Jong Un amid hopes for a deal that would le...
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Japan’s PM nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize on U.S. request
By Reuters,
1837, February 17, 2019 (EAT)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last autumn after receiving a request from the U.S....
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Japanese tabloid apologizes for women’s university ‘sex listing’
By CNN,
2106, January 9, 2019 (EAT)
A Japanese tabloid apologized Tuesday for issuing a ranking of women's universities based on the alleged willingness of female students to engage in s...
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Japan suffers biggest natural population decline ever in 2018
By CNN,
1935, December 24, 2018 (EAT)
Japan suffered its biggest natural population decline ever this year, government statistics show. The fast-graying nation also posted a record-low ...
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South Korea’s surviving ‘comfort women’ spend final years seeking atonement from Japan
By Reuters,
1101, December 19, 2018 (EAT)
When 17-year-old Lee Yong-soo returned home to South Korea in 1945 after being forced to serve in a brothel for Japanese troops, her family, having gi...
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Japan to buy more stealth jets, radar to counter China, Russia
By Reuters,
821, December 19, 2018 (EAT)
Japan will accelerate spending on advanced stealth fighters, long-range missiles and other equipment over the next five years to support U.S. forces f...
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Trump, China’s Xi poised for high-stakes summit over trade war
By Reuters,
1108, December 1, 2018 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will wrap up a global summit on Saturday with high-stakes talks expected to determine whe...
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South Korea surviving ‘comfort women’ spend final years seeking atonement from Japan
By Reuters,
959, November 23, 2018 (EAT)
When 17-year-old Lee Yong-soo returned home to South Korea in 1945 after years as a child sex slave for Japanese troops, her family, having given her ...
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Tokyo 2020 committee discuss marathon timing
By Reuters,
1744, November 21, 2018 (EAT)
Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are still debating changes to the timing for the marathon, with plans to introduce daylight savings at the Games...
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Japan’s Abe says wants to discuss peace treaty with Putin
By Reuters,
2118, November 14, 2018 (EAT)
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he wants to discuss a peace treaty with Russia and the North Korean issue with Russia’s Presid...
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