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Japan's Okinawa to hold referendum on moving US base
Oct 26, 2018 10:22Local politicians in Japan's Okinawa Island have decided to hold a referendum on a government plan to relocate a US military base away from its present urban location.
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Japan, China ties at ‘historic turning point’ as Abe is in Beijing
Oct 26, 2018 05:12China has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a rare trip to the country, where the two regional powers are due to sign a number of deals amid deepening trade dispute with the United States.
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Japanese journalist Yasuda released from terrorists’ captivity in Syria: Govt. spokesman
Oct 24, 2018 05:02A high-ranking Japanese official says freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who was captured by members of the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, formerly known as al-Nusra Front, Takfiri terrorist group in northern Syria three years ago, is believed to have been released and is now in Turkey.
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Japanese PM Abe to make rare visit to China late October
Oct 12, 2018 09:52Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be paying a three-day official visit to China within the next few weeks in a latest sign of thawing relations between the two regional rivals.
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Japan asks US to ensure sanctions don't hurt Iran trade
Oct 12, 2018 09:46Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso has pressed his US counterpart Steven Mnuchin to ensure Japanese firms are not hurt by Washington's sanctions on Iran, Kyodo news agency reported Friday.
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Powerful typhoon pounds Japan, dozens injured
Sep 30, 2018 14:11A powerful typhoon has pounded Japan's mainland after injuring dozens on outlying islands, bringing transport grinding to a halt and triggering warnings of fierce winds, torrential rain, landslides and floods.
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Typhoon Trami heads toward southern Japan
Sep 29, 2018 05:32A powerful typhoon brought heavy rain and high winds as it approached southern Japan on Saturday, leading to flight cancellations and power outages in several cities.
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Japan ‘ready to break shell of distrust with North Korea’
Sep 26, 2018 10:04Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has declared his readiness “to break the shell of mutual distrust with North Korea” and meet with its leader, Kim Jong-un.
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Japanese submarine conducts first naval exercises in South China Sea
Sep 17, 2018 10:39A Japanese submarine has for the first time joined a naval drill in the South China Sea, in a move likely to anger Beijing which claims most of the disputed waters.
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Australia, New Zealand to help Japan enforce North Korea sanctions
Sep 08, 2018 11:27Australia and New Zealand say they will send surveillance aircraft to Japan to help the enforcement of United Nations sanctions against North Korea.