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Bank of Japan holds fire on stimulus despite tepid inflation
AFP, Published on 30/04/2015
» TOKYO - The Bank of Japan held off more easing measures after a policy meeting Thursday, despite flatlining inflation that is defying a two-year-old stimulus, but analysts expect further loosening as the economy struggles.
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N. Korea test-fires ballistic missile after Japan-US summit
Published on 12/02/2017
» TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday in what appeared to be a move timed to follow the first summit between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump in Washington.
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N Korea missile launch flops
Kyodo News, Published on 23/03/2017
» TOKYO/SEOUL - North Korea failed in its attempt to launch a missile on Wednesday morning, the US military said, amid heightened tensions in the Asia-Pacific region following Pyongyang's test-firing of ballistic missiles earlier this month.
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Avalanche engulfs students on Japan ski slope
Kyodo News, Published on 27/03/2017
» UTSUNOMIYA, Japan -- Six people were believed dead and three others remained unaccounted for on Monday morning following an avalanche on a ski slope near the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, the local fire department said.
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N. Korea hints new type of ICBM at parade
Published on 15/04/2017
» BEIJING: North Korea on Saturday displayed a previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missile-sized canister and a range of other hardware in a vast parade marking the 105th anniversary of its founding leader's birth, amid growing tensions over its relentless pursuit of enhanced nuclear capabilities.
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Six die in apartment fire in Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 08/05/2017
» KITAKYUSHU, JAPAN - Six people died in a fire overnight at an apartment building in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan, police said Monday.
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Dementia insurance launched in greying Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 02/07/2017
» Insurance policies covering various expenses relating to dementia have been launched in Japan as more people are suffering from the illness in the rapidly greying country.
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Japan begins enhanced fire ants probes
Published on 31/07/2017
» KOBE - Japan's Environment Ministry on Monday stepped up its investigations aimed at preventing the spread of fire ants, expanding the search areas and deploying traps to better detect the venomous insects.
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Japan interceptors ready for Pyongyang threat
Kyodo News, Published on 12/08/2017
» Japan has deployed missile interceptor batteries along the path that North Korean ballistic missiles would travel if Pyongyang follows through on its threat to launch four toward the US Pacific territory of Guam.
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S.Korea conducts live-fire exercise after N.Korea nuke test
Kyodo News, Published on 04/09/2017
» South Korea's army and air force on Monday conducted a combined live-fire exercise in a show of force after North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test a day earlier, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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