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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.
Kyodo News, Published on 12/12/2016
» TOKYO - The Japanese government lodged a protest Monday with China over a claim that Japanese fighter jets interfered at close range with Chinese military aircraft flying over the Miyako Strait in Okinawa Prefecture on the weekend.
Kyodo News, Published on 28/11/2016
» PYONGYANG - North Korea began three days of official mourning on Monday for late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, remembering him as a "close friend" and heroic ally in a joint struggle against US aggression.
Kyodo News, Published on 27/10/2016
» TOKYO - Prince Mikasa, uncle of Emperor Akihito and the oldest member of the imperial family, died of cardiac arrest at a Tokyo hospital on Thursday, the Imperial Household Agency said. He was 100.
Kyodo News, Published on 21/10/2016
» TOKYO - Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi will make a five-day visit to Japan from Nov 1, the Japanese government announced on Friday.
Kyodo News, Published on 20/10/2016
» TOKYO - A job-matching company is pairing students from Southeast Asian nations, especially Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, with Japanese employers via an online service.
Kyodo News, Published on 28/09/2016
» TOKYO - Japan will begin a trial cashless payment service using biometric technology for foreign tourists from Oct 1, the Japanese economy ministry said on Wednesday.
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 22/09/2016
» UNITED NATIONS - Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris Agreement on climate change on Wednesday, surpassing a major hurdle toward putting the landmark pact into force.
Kyodo News, Published on 06/09/2016
» TOKYO - An Asian elephant at Ueno Zoological Gardens has been confirmed pregnant, the first known pregnancy for the species at the Tokyo zoo since it opened in 1882, zoo officials said Tuesday.