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Tourists to Japan hits record high
Kyodo News, Published on 23/07/2014
» TOKYO - The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in the first half of 2014 hit a record high of 6.26 million thanks to the yen's weakness and increased international flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport, a government body said Wednesday.
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AEC talks slow, delay likely - ADB
Kyodo News, Published on 25/09/2014
» Talks to solidify Southeast Asia into an economic community slowed as negotiations progressed to more difficult reforms, an updated Asian Development Bank report released Thursday said, reinforcing its earlier prediction Asean is unlikely to meet its self-imposed 2015 deadline.
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Japanese surrogate dad to return
Kyodo News, Published on 29/09/2014
» A 24-year-old Japanese man who has fathered more than a dozen surrogate babies in Thailand said he is ready to return to Thailand early next month to talk to police and claim his children currently in the care of the government. police said Monday.
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Malaysia wins Security Council seat
Kyodo News, Published on 17/10/2014
» Malaysia joined New Zealand, Angola, Spain and Venezuela as the newest non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday after being elected by the General Assembly to begin their terms next year.
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Republican win raises TPP hopes
Kyodo News, Published on 05/11/2014
» The Republicans' victory in the US midterm elections raises hope for progress in protracted talks with Japan under a Pacific free trade initiative, according to US-based analysts.
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Apec ministers ready trade roadmap
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2014
» Ministers of 21 Asia-Pacific countries are set to discuss ways to boost regional integration and adopt a road map toward the creation of a new free trade area at a two-day meeting in Beijing starting today in the run-up to a summit next week.
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East Asia Summit to warn on IS threat
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2014
» East Asia leaders set to gather this week in Myanmar's capital will issue a joint statement warning that Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria pose not only a threat to the region but the world as a whole, diplomatic sources said Monday.
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Lawsuit over skin-whitening cream
Kyodo News, Published on 02/12/2014
» Fourteen women in central Japan filed a suit Monday with the Nagoya District Court seeking about 190 million yen in damages from Kanebo Cosmetics Inc, saying their skin broke out in white blotches after using the company's skin-whitening products.
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Letters sought for Japan quake victims
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2014
» Hoping to ring in a brighter New Year’s, a group based in western Japan is calling on people from Thailand and other countries to send heartening — or genki — letters to people in the northeastern Tohoku region still suffering from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Japan cabinet to see few changes
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resumes office today with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph.
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