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Published on 27/11/2016
» TOKYO - Tokyo's Haneda airport will undergo a large-scale renovation in response to an expected surge in flight numbers ahead of Tokyo's hosting of the Olympics and Paralympics in the summer of 2020, officials at the Transport Ministry said.
Published on 26/10/2016
» TOKYO - Philippine officials sought more Japanese investments on Wednesday in such areas as manufacturing, infrastructure, agriculture and energy, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in Japan for a three-day visit.
Kyodo News, Published on 24/09/2016
» YOKOHAMA - An investigation is under way into the suspected murder of an 88-year-old man who died from poisoning at a Yokohama hospital earlier this week after a medical drip was administered, police said Saturday.
Kyodo News, Published on 21/08/2016
» The Japan Tourism Agency plans to exempt domestically produced alcoholic drinks such as sake from the liquor tax for foreign tourists as part of efforts to boost regional economies, agency officials said on Saturday.
Published on 13/08/2016
» TOKYO - Few passengers are using the fast lane immigration service at Narita international airport four months after Tokyo's main gateway became the first Japanese airport to introduce the service, the Transport Ministry and the airport operator said Saturday.
Kyodo News, Published on 30/05/2016
» TOKYO - Japan has plans to export the country's nursing care system and profit from helping Asian countries such as China and Thailand cope with rapidly ageing populations, government sources said on Sunday.
Published on 06/05/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN - The popular black bear character Kumamon has resumed activities as the official mascot of Kumamoto, three weeks after the southwestern Japanese prefecture was devastated by the first of two major earthquakes.
Kyodo News, Published on 16/04/2016
» KUMAMOTO, JAPAN — Scores of people were feared buried alive on Saturday after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Japan a day apart, killing at least 35 people, and as a forecast storm threatened more devastating landslides.
Published on 13/04/2016
» KATHMANDU — The construction of Nepal's second international airport, to be both funded and built by China, began in the western resort town of Pokhara on Wednesday with the laying of foundation stones, officials said.
Kyodo News, Published on 28/03/2016
» LAHORE - At least 65 people including a large number of women and children were killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide bomb attack in a park in Lahore on Sunday evening, hospital and police officials said.