1. Victorian man dies after contracting Japanese encephalitis in Phuket, Thailand
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Japanese encephalitis can cause a brain infections and is fatal in about 20 to 30 per cent of cases. It can cause long-term neurological complications in up to half of cases. Experts say the virus cannot ...

2. Regimented, ‘not normal’: Abused children find little comfort at Japan’s shelters
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EVERY year, more than 20,000 abused, delinquent, developmentally challenged or otherwise troubled Japanese children needing emergency housing pass through a system of shelters. But the conditions inside ...

3. Toshiba enters exclusive chip sales talks with US-S. Korea-Japan group
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... Japanese investors to sell its prized memory chip business, as the loss-hit conglomerate scrambles to raise cash. Posted: 2017-06-21 08:38:00 Leggi tutto  ...

4. Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
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Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses and has been ...

5. Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
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TOKYO (AP) - Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses ...

6. Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
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Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses and has been ...

7. Toshiba prefers government group as bidder for chip unit
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TOKYO — Toshiba Corp. said it picked a group led by the Japanese government as the preferred bidder for its computer chip unit, though it isn’t clear if the deal could close quickly enough to keep the ...

8. Japan government-Bain consortium chosen as preferred bidder for Toshiba chip unit
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TOKYO Toshiba Corp ( 6502.T ) said on Wednesday its board has chosen a Japanese government-led consortium as the preferred bidder for the conglomerate's prized flash memory chip business. The group consists ...

9. Toshiba prefers US-Japan bidder for memory chip biz sale
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TOKYO Toshiba Corp. has chosen a U.S.-Japan consortium as the preferred bidder in the sale of its lucrative memory chip business. The troubled Japanese electronics giant has had deep recent losses and ...

10. Japan Inc says shrinking domestic market, worker shortage are biggest headaches
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TOKYO Japanese firms say shrinking domestic demand is their biggest worry over the next three years while labour shortages are a close second, a Reuters poll found, highlighting the difficulties of coping ...

11. Japan Inc says shrinking domestic market, worker shortage are biggest headaches
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto. TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese firms say shrinking domestic demand is their biggest worry over the next three years while labor shortages are a close second, a Reuters poll found, highlighting ...

12. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, according to outside ...

13. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, according to outside ...

14. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, according to outside ...

15. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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FILE - This July 6, 2016, file photo, shows the logo of Takata Corp. at an auto supply shop in Tokyo. A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who ...

16. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, according to outside ...

17. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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DETROIT (AP) — A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, ...

18. Experts: Takata bankruptcy means air bag victims get less
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A bankruptcy filing by Japanese air bag maker Takata will leave little money for dozens of people who sued the company over deaths and injuries caused by its exploding air bag inflators, according to outside ...

19. An hour passed before Japan authorities were notified of Fitzgerald collision
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TOKYO: Nearly an hour elapsed before a Philippine-flagged container ship reported a collision with a US warship, the Japanese coastguard said on Monday, as investigations began into the accident in which ...

20. Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet as ratings slump: media
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[TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely reshuffle his cabinet to try to bolster ratings battered by suspicions that he helped a friend get favoured treatment for his business, media reported ...

21. Japan PM to reshuffle cabinet as ratings slump: media
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TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely reshuffle his cabinet to try to bolster ratings battered by suspicions that he helped a friend get favored treatment for his business, media reported ...

22. Matambo, Kebonang want out of Morupule B deal
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Government is plotting a way out of the Morupule B 5&6 multi-billion Pula lopsided agreement with Japanese contractor Marubeni Corporation. Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) last month sought legal advice ...

23. PM intervenes to prevent Central Expressway Phase III tender
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Industry experts claim that the tender which was held only between 04 companies nominated by the Japanese government in fact became a "one horse race" with a very strange condition the tender contained ...

24. Japan PM Abe’s support slumps amid doubts about school scandal
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TOKYO: Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slumped more than 10 points to 44.9 per cent in a public-opinion poll published on Sunday, amid opposition party suspicions he used his influence unfairly ...

25. Japan: PM Abe’s support slumps amid doubts about school scandal
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(File) Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie. Source: Reuters/Issei Kato. SUPPORT for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slumped more than 10 points to 44.9 percent in a public opinion ...

26. Japan PM Abe's support slumps amid doubts about school scandal
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TOKYO Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slumped more than 10 points to 44.9 percent in a public opinion poll published on Sunday, amid opposition party suspicions he used his influence unfairly ...

27. Myanmar: Diplomatic Graveyard
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... The six UN special envoys—starting with Japanese diplomat Sadako Ogata who was appointed in 1990 as.... Posted: 2017-06-18 08:18:00 Leggi tutto  ...

28. Several sailors' bodies found on stricken Navy destroyer
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... the U.S. and Japanese forces, in the Philippine Sea. The U.S. Navy destroyer has collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the U. Posted: 2017-06-18 05:55:00 Leggi tutto  ...

29. Nissan seeks autonomous vehicle patents in India
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Japanese carmaker Nissan has sought about five patents (three of them filed in May 2017) on technologies relating to autonomous vehicles. As per the abstract of the filings with the Indian patent office, ...

30. Japanese Financial Institutions Join Force in Using Blockchain Technology to Streamline Derivatives Transactions (15:00) (HTML) (PDF/118KB)
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Tokyo, June 1, 2017- Nomura Holdings, Inc., Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and R3 today announced the successful testing of a prototype developed ...

31. Half of new Japanese fathers take leave, far below gov't target
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Just over 50 percent of new fathers took short-term paternity leave within two months of the birth of their child in 2015, far below a Japanese government target aimed at encouraging their involvement ...

32. The Latest: Report says 1 hurt, 7 missing from US Navy ship
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... the U.S. and Japanese forces, in the Philippine Sea. The U.S. Navy destroyer has collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, the U. Posted: 2017-06-17 01:12:00 Leggi tutto  ...

33. BOJ keeps policy steady, revises up view on consumption
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BOJ kept its yield target for 10-year Japanese government bonds around zero per cent. TOKYO: The kept monetary policy steady on Friday and offered a more upbeat view on private consumption and overseas ...

34. Japan passes anti-terror law amid privacy protests Japan’s parliament has approved an anti-terror law that opponents say will trample on individual citizens’ privacy and protest rights. The government says the measure will help make the 2020 Olympic Games
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Bleary-eyed Japanese upper-house lawmakers passed the bill on Thursday morning, after a night of stalled efforts to block the legislation in its tracks. A sizable crowd had assembled the previous day to ...

35. Japanese Market Slips
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(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is lower on Thursday on a stronger yen and following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected. In late-morning ...

36. Japanese innovation and inspiration take centre stage in new series from Great Big Story and CNN Digital Studios in association with All Nippon Airways
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HONG KONG June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Everything from Japan's flying cars to hip-hop grandmas are celebrated in two new series produced by Great Big Story and CNN Digital Studios as part of a branded ...

37. Japan passes controversial anti-terror conspiracy law
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Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Ruling coalition lawmakers stood in the Japanese Diet on Thursday morning to signal acceptance of the new law. Japan's lawmakers have passed a controversial ...

38. Abe Passes Controversial Bill Boosting Japan Surveillance Powers
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government passed controversial legislation that gives prosecutors the power to monitor and arrest people in the planning stages of crimes. As dawn broke in Tokyo on ...

39. A Japanese Company Interested in Production of Ethanol from Cassava
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. AKP Phnom Penh, June 14, 2017 – Cambodia’s Secretary of State for Mines and Energy H.E. Dith Tina received here yesterday a visiting Japanese delegation from Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. led by Mr. Takatoshi ...

40. Japan To Promulgate Emperor Abdication Law On Friday
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TOKYO, June 14 (Bernama) -- The Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that special legislation allowing Emperor Akihito to step down will be promulgated on Friday, Japan's Jiji Press ...

41. Japanese Market Rebounds
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The Japanese stock market is rebounding on Wednesday following the overnight gains on Wall Street. However, gains are modest ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision due later in the ...

42. Q&A | Mitsuharu Tsumura, Chef: ‘We want to do something Peruvian Japanese’
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Combining traditional Peruvian cuisine with Japanese techniques, Chef Tsumura will open the first authentic Nikkei restaurant, Aji, at MGM Cotai in Macau. Aji, meaning “chili pepper” in Peru and “taste” ...

43. S Korea's Moon asks for Japan's patience in resolving 'past history'
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... were an apparent reference to the issue of Korean "comfort women", a Japanese euphemism for women.... Posted: 2017-06-13 06:39:00 Leggi tutto  ...

44. Japan, U.N. expert trade barbs over freedom of expression in Japan
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A senior Japanese diplomat and a U.N. rights expert traded barbs Monday at the U.N. Human Rights Council over a report released in late May that criticized Tokyo's record on the right to freedom of opinion ...

45. S Korea says Japan should be careful over reported remarks on 'comfort women'
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South Korea warned Japan on Monday to exercise caution when making remarks about bilateral ties, including the issue of Korean "comfort women" forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World ...

46. Arms show offers Japan venue to build military ties in Southeast Asia
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File picture shows a Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft taking off on a search for the missing MH370 plane, at RAAF base Pearce, March 24, 2014, — Reuters pic TOKYO, June ...

47. Chinese delegation calls on Japan to properly handle Tibet-related issues
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A Tibetan delegation of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China has informed Japanese officials and friendly groups about the current situation in Tibet and called upon Japan to properly handle Tibet-related ...

48. Japan's parliament approves emperor's abdication
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PanARMENIAN.Net Japan 's parliament on Friday, June 9 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 ...

49. Japanese Market Extends Losses
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(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is extending losses on Wednesday from the previous session, tracking the negative lead overnight from Wall Street and a stronger yen. Investors are cautious ahead ...