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Japan Top Court Finds Welfare Benefit Cuts Unlawful

HEADLINES Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government’s cuts to welfare benefits in 2013-2015 were unlawful, marking a...

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Toyota, Mazda Launch Energy Storage System Experiments

HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. announced Thursday that they have started joint field...

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Govt Corrects Number of Potential Megaquake Evacuees

HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Office on Friday corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert...

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Play Keeps Memories of Sunken Tsushima Maru Alive, 81 Years On

HEADLINES Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A play recently performed in Japan keeps alive memories of the 1944 sinking of the Japanese...

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ANA Plane Lands on Runway with Vehicle in Operation

HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A passenger plane of Japan’s All Nippon Airways landed on a runway where a work vehicle was operating...

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Japanese American Museum Blasts Trump's Use of Internment Camp

HEADLINES Washington, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese American National Museum has criticized the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for detaining illegal immigrants...

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Japan, 21 Others Condemn Israel's West Bank Settlement Plan

HEADLINES Cairo/London, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan and 21 other countries, in a joint statement Thursday, condemned Israel’s massive settlement project in the West...

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U.S. Torpedo Attack Victims Remembered in Japan 81 Years On

HEADLINES Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–A memorial ceremony was held Friday to remember the more than 1,400 victims, including many schoolchildren,...

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TICAD 9 Closes, Reaffirming Importance of Multilateral Trade

HEADLINES Yokohama, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japan-led Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, closed Friday by adopting a joint...

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Japan Aims to Complete Yonaguni Evacuation Shelter in 2028

HEADLINES Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government said Friday that the construction of an evacuation shelter on the westernmost island of Yonaguni...