Japan's FY2018 budget expected to exceed 904 billion dollars
Japan's fiscal year 2017 budget is expected to exceed 904 billion dollars (100 trillion yen).
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Japan and the US to closely collaborate on North Korea
Japan's prime minister holds phone talks with the U.S. president two days in a row in the wake of North Korea's missile ...
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iPS cells could help patients with Parkinson's disease
Kyoto University research team announces that they have successfully improved Parkinson's disease symptoms in monkeys us...
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Names for panda cub narrowed down to 8 entries
Possible names for Tokyo's Ueno Zoo panda cub are narrowed down to 8 entries.
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Osprey makes emergency landing
A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey makes an emergency landing at Oita Airport in southwestern Japan Tuesday evening. The a...
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Abe and Moon agree to put pressure on North Korea
Japanese and South Korean leaders agree over the phone to put further pressure on North Korea in the wake of Pyongyang's...
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City in central Japan holds missile evacuation drill
An evacuation drill is held in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, amid residents' mounting anxiety over North Korean missile l...
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Kumamoto Castle's new ornaments on display
New ornaments, killer whale statues, for Kumamoto Castle Tower are on display in southwestern Japan.
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Nagasaki survivor and peace activist Sumiteru Taniguchi dies at 88
Sumiteru Taniguchi, an atomic bomb survivor and peace activist for over 60 years, dies at the age of 88.
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Kobe politician resigns amid alleged fictional expenses
A Kobe assemblyman resigns amid allegations that he bilked the government of money using fictional receipts.
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