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Japan's Suntory to Resume Fuji TV Commercials in July

HEADLINES Tokyo, June 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings Ltd. will resume running commercials through Fuji Television Network Inc. in July after...

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Japan Vows 5.5 B. Dollars to Boost African Private Sector

HEADLINES Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan will provide up to 5.5 billion dollars in financial support over three years to the African private...

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Kyoto Court Rules Video Platform FC2 Founder Guilty

HEADLINES Kyoto, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Kyoto District Court on Thursday ruled Riyo Takahashi, who founded video-sharing service FC2, guilty over obscene videos that...

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Japan, S. Korea Experts Call for Strengthening Economic Cooperation

HEADLINES Seoul, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Korea-Japan Forum of experts on Wednesday issued a joint statement calling for stronger economic and other forms...

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Possible Attacker at Large after Woman Found Dead in Kobe

HEADLINES Kobe, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–A 24-year-old woman has been found bleeding from her upper body in front of an elevator on the...

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Aichi Police Arrest 29 Fraud Suspects Extradited from Cambodia

HEADLINES Tokoname, Aichi Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–Police in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, arrested 29 extradited Japanese nationals in their 10s to 50s...

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Fire Hits U.S. Warship off Naval Facility in Okinawa

HEADLINES Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 20 (Jiji Press)–A fire broke out on a U.S. military vessel off the U.S. Navy’s White Beach facility...

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McDonald’s Japan to Skip Offering “One Piece” Happy Set

HEADLINES Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–McDonald’s Japan has canceled a plan to offer trading cards from the popular Japanese manga series “One Piece”...

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Japan Calls for Private Investments in Africa at TICAD 9

HEADLINES Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan called on the private sector to increase investments in Africa, at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference...

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INTERVIEW: WFP Wants World to Pay Attention to Africa

HEADLINES Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Cindy McCain, executive director of the U.N. World Food Program, has called for the world to pay attention...