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US strategic bombers fly over Chinese-claimed territory in South China Sea
Jul 07, 2017 08:50Two US strategic bombers have flown over Chinese-claimed territory in the disputed South China Sea.
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Dozens killed, 20 missing in Japan, China floods
Jul 07, 2017 08:46Rescue operations are continuing for a third day in southwestern Japan to help the victims of flooding caused by torrential rains.
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400,000 flee flooding in Japan, 10 missing
Jul 06, 2017 03:05At least 10 people, including a child, were missing and 400,000 were forced from their homes after record rains battered southwestern Japan for a second day on Thursday, sending rivers surging over their banks, a government official and media said.
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Japan ratifies bill to allow emperor’s abdication
Jun 09, 2017 03:47Japan’s parliament on Friday passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate, clearing the way for the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries and the accession of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, probably late next year.
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Japanese parliament moves closer to emperor abdication law
Jun 02, 2017 03:21Japan’s lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, as it also called for a rare debate on the role of women in the male-dominated monarchy.
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North Korea launches ballistic missile into Sea of Japan
May 28, 2017 23:59North Korea has launched what is thought to be a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
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Thousands of Japanese rally in capital against ‘anti-terror’ bill
May 25, 2017 08:35Thousands of people have held a protest rally in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, to express their dissent against the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for putting forward a controversial “anti-terror” bill.
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Japan’s govt. approves emperor’s abdication bill
May 19, 2017 03:09The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.
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Japan sends warship to join US strike force
May 01, 2017 09:21Japan has dispatched its biggest warship for the first time in history to escort an American strike force near the Korean Peninsula.
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100s march in Tokyo against US military presence, mark Okinawa murder
Apr 30, 2017 04:24Hundreds of Japanese protesters have staged a rally in Tokyo against the US military presence in their country, as they mark the first anniversary of the murder of a local woman by a US Marine.