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Seoul suggests N.Korea suspension from UN
Kyodo News, Published on 01/03/2017
» GENEVA - South Korea called on the international community Tuesday for "collective measures" against North Korea, including possible suspension of its UN membership, citing the recent use of a chemical substance to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a Malaysian airport.
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Malaysia to end visa-free entry for N Koreans
Kyodo News, Published on 02/03/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has decided to end visa-free entry for North Koreans, effective on March 6, following the assassination in mid-February of the estranged half-brother of the reclusive country's leader Kim Jong Un, local media said on Thursday.
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Japan's emperor meets families of WWII occupiers in Vietnam
Kyodo News, Published on 03/03/2017
» HANOI - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met Thursday in Hanoi with Vietnamese family members of Japanese soldiers deployed in Southeast Asia during World War II.
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Chinese envoy slams Japan-US security ties
Kyodo News, Published on 03/03/2017
» Chinese ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua on Friday lashed out at Japan and the United States, criticising the two countries' agreement to further boost their bilateral security alliance as a move to position China as an "enemy".
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Japan ministry unveils measures to prevent death from overwork
Kyodo News, Published on 26/12/2016
» TOKYO - The Labor Ministry unveiled emergency measures Monday aimed at preventing workers from dying or committing suicide due to overwork, following the suicide of a female worker at Japanese advertising giant Dentsu Inc last winter.
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Magazine sales fall shy of books
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 27/12/2016
» Tokyo: Magazine sales by value in Japan are expected to fall short of that of books for the first time in 41 years in 2016, on the back of sluggish comic magazine sales and growing demand for online publications, a research institute said Monday.
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MUFG to launch virtual currency service
Kyodo News, Published on 03/01/2017
» TOKYO - Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc will issue a virtual currency in the fiscal year through March 2018 to provide a money transfer service at lower fees, becoming the first major Japanese banking group to launch such a business, sources close to the matter said Tuesday.
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Japan's annual road toll lowest since 1949
Kyodo News, Published on 04/01/2017
» TOKYO - Japan's traffic death toll fell below 4,000 last year for the first time in 67 years, due partly to improved vehicle safety, the National Police Agency said Wednesday.
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Japan pulls ambassador over Korean 'comfort women' statue
Kyodo News, Published on 06/01/2017
» TOKYO - Japan has temporarily recalled its ambassador to Seoul Yasumasa Nagamine in response to the erection of a new "comfort women" statue in South Korea, the government's top spokesman said Friday.
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Sapporo licenses Thai firm to produce ethanol
Kyodo News, Published on 10/01/2017
» Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings Ltd has licensed Thai fuel retailer PTG Energy Plc to manufacture cassava-based bioethanol.
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