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Suga seen top contender in Japan PM race as ruling party plans slimmed-down vote

Sep 1, 2020

Restricted vote for new LDP leader expected on Sept 14 Suga wins backing of top LDP party factions – reports Young MPs had pushed for wider party vote New leader will replace Abe, who resigned Friday, as PM Markets favour, factoring in Suga win TOKYO: Japan’s chief government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, moved a step closer to becoming...

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Trump says he pays his highest respect to Japan’s Abe, plans to call him

Aug 29, 2020

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE: President Donald Trump said on Friday he considered Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a great friend and expressed concern over his decision to step down for health reasons. “I want to pay my highest respect to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe … a great friend of mine,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. â€...

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Mauritius arrests captain of Japanese ship that spilled oil

Aug 19, 2020

JOHANNESBURG: Authorities in Mauritius have arrested the captain of the Japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef and spilled 1,000 tons of oil on the Indian Ocean island’s protected coastline. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, captain of the MV Wakashio and who is from India, was charged with “endangering safe navigation” and is in cu...

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Japan’s economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic

Aug 17, 2020

TOKYO: Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday. The Cabinet Office reported that Japan’s preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation&#...

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of war end with no Abe apology

Aug 15, 2020

TOKYO: Japan on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, with Emperor Naruhito expressing “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions at a somber annual ceremony curtailed by the coronavirus pandemic. Naruhito pledged to reflect on the war’s events and expressed hope that the tragedy woul...

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Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing

Aug 9, 2020

TOKYO: The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban. At 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped a 4.5-ton (10,000-pound) plutonium bomb dubbed “Fat Man,” Na...

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Nagasaki marks 75th A-bomb anniversary on Sunday

Aug 8, 2020

TOKYO: The city of Nagasaki in southern Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Sunday. It was the second nuclear bomb dropped by the U.S. three days after the attack on Hiroshima. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World War II and nearly a half-century aggression against its Asian neighbours. In this Aug. 9, 1945, file ph...

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5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary

Aug 6, 2020

HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug 15, ending World War II and, more broadly, its aggression toward Asian...

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Suspected gas leak in northern Japan kills 1, injures 17

Jul 30, 2020

TOKYO: A sudden explosion from a suspected gas leak blew out walls and windows in part of a northern Japanese town Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring 17 others. There was no sign of a fire and investigators at the suspect a gas leak may have cause the blast, Koriyama fire department official Hiroki Ogawa said. Local media say a gas l...

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Flooding, mudslides hit northern Japan after heavy rainfall

Jul 29, 2020

TOKYO: Heavy rain poured over northern Japan on Wednesday, flooding residential areas and prompting warnings of mudslides. The Mogami River in Yamagata prefecture flooded four areas following an overnight downpour, leaving several towns inundated, chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. Another river overflowed its banks in nearby Akita pre...

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