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Japan's Q3 economic growth revised up to 2.5%
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2017
» TOKYO: Japan's economy grew an annualised real 2.5% in the July-September period, revised up from preliminary data and marking seven straight quarters of growth, the longest stretch on record, the government said Friday.
Japan tightening control over private land on remote islands
Kyodo News, Published on 25/11/2017
» The Japanese government will soon consider steps to enhance control over all privately owned land on remote islands to bolster national security and protect resources within territorial waters, a government source said Saturday.
30,000 elderly drivers in Japan may have dementia
Kyodo News, Published on 02/11/2017
» TOKYO: The results of stricter screenings of drivers aged 75 or older in Japan showed that about 30,000 of them may be suffering dementia, the National Police Agency said Thursday.
Apple's secret tax bolthole revealed
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2017
» TOKYO: Newly leaked corporate records show Apple Inc turned to a new tax haven in the Channel Islands after being accused by a US Senate subcommittee in 2013 of avoiding tens of billions of dollars in taxes by shifting profits into Irish subsidiaries.
Record 24m foreigners visit Japan in 2017
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2017
» TOKYO: The number of foreign visitors to Japan this year has established a new record, exceeding the previous high of over 24 million logged last year, Japan's tourism minister said Friday.
TPP leaders 'to seek accord without US'
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2017
» DANANG: The leaders of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal will try to clinch a clear agreement Friday to implement it without the US, Japanese officials said.
China, Asean agree to 10-year China Sea protection pact
Kyodo News, Published on 14/11/2017
» MANILA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and China set a 10-year period through 2027 to protect the coasts and marine resources in the South China Sea while trying to settle lingering disputes over territories there, a document issued Monday night by their country leaders said.
Trump asked Asean to tighten N.Korean isolation
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2017
» MANILA: In a move to increase the economic isolation of North Korea, US President Donald Trump asked Asean leaders to do all they could to tighten the trade boycott imposed on North Korea, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 18.3%
Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan this year totalled 23.79 million by the end of October, up 18.3% from a year earlier, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.
Osaka woman confesses to keeping 4 dead babies
Kyodo News, Published on 21/11/2017
» TOKYO: A 53-year-old woman has confessed to police she had been keeping the dead bodies of four babies she gave birth to over 5 years in concrete filled buckets at her home.