August 22, 2016

 Morning Alert 

HEADLINES

Noon news

  • August 22, 2016
  • , All TV networks
  • summary

HEADLINES

Morning news

  • August 22, 2016
  • , All newspapers and TV networks
  • summary

INTERNATIONAL

PM Abe to visit Kenya on August 25

  • August 22, 2016
  • , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL

U.S.-ROK command post exercise begins

  • August 22, 2016
  • , Nikkei digital
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INTERNATIONAL

Tokyo switching on aid for African geothermal power

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 6:39 a.m.
  • English sites

INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Beijing mustn’t undermine code of conduct for South China Sea

  • August 19, 2016
  • , The Japan News digital , 8:44 pm
  • English sites

INTERNATIONAL

ROK leader to visit Japan in November

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Sankei , Lead story
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INTERNATIONAL

Japanese politician conveys to China PM Abe’s desire for summit with Xi

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Japanese envoy briefly detained in Iran

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Mainichi
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

ECONOMY

METI plans to cut feed-in-tariff rate for wind power

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 3
  • Translation

ECONOMY

Editorial: Negative views of TPP in U.S. arouse fears of rising tide of protectionism

  • August 22, 2016
  • , The Japan News , 07:29 p.m.
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SECURITY

U.S. service member arrested in Okinawa for DUI

  • August 22, 2016
  • , Yomiuri
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SECURITY

Okinawa governor takes ambivalent stance on helipad construction

  • August 22, 2016
  • , Okinawa Times , p. 2
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SECURITY

Suga may visit Okinawa next month

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Sankei , p. 5
  • Translation

SECURITY

F-35s to be stationed at Iwakuni from January

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Yomiuri
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SECURITY

Japan to upgrade F-15s

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Nikkei
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SECURITY

SECURITY

MOD to build new submarine

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Sankei
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SECURITY

Futenma Air Base to undergo renovations

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo
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SECURITY

Court hearing on landfill permit dispute concluded

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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SECURITY

SECURITY

Abe denies U.S. media report on his opposition to “no first use” policy

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
  • summary

SECURITY

Japan abstains from voting on treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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POLITICS

POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on August 20-21

  • August 22, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 2
  • Translation

POLITICS

Japan lags behind China and the West in African development

  • August 4, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on August 20

  • August 21, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 2
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on August 19

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

DP presidential candidates actively vying for support

  • August 22, 2016
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS

POLITICS

Cartoon: Abe and “no first use”

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi , p. 12
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SCIENCE

METI to develop system for using AI to give advice on diabetes

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Yomiuri , p. 2
  • Translation

SCIENCE

Japan to chart reform plans to promote new tech

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:53 a.m.
  • English sites

SOCIETY

Fukushima school brass band members perform in New York

  • August 21, 2016
  • , JIJI , 12:26 p.m.
  • English sites

SOCIETY

Online paperwork for foreign residents planned

  • August 21, 2016
  • , The Japan News , 8:17 p.m.
  • English sites

SOCIETY

Bestsellers in July 2016

  • July 29, 2016
  • Translation

SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Survey shows Japanese are pessimistic about future

  • August 20, 2016
  • , Asahi evening edition
  • summary

EDUCATION

TV PROGRAMS

Suga comments on TPP, Okinawa

  • August 21, 2016
  • , NHK
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TV PROGRAMS

How Okinawa became an island of U.S. bases

  • August 20, 2016
  • , NHK
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