December 6, 2016

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • December 6, 2016
  • , All TV networks
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HEADLINES

Morning news

  • December 6, 2016
  • , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL

Suga says Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor not for apology

  • December 6, 2016
  • , NTV
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Full text of PM Abe’s statement on visit to Pearl Harbor

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Mainichi , p. 5
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Abe’s Pearl Harbor visit to showcase US-Japan ties

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 4:40 am
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

China bracing for influx of North Korean refugees

  • December 4, 2016
  • , Yomiuri , p. 7
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INTERNATIONAL

A-bomb survivors hail Abe’s planned trip to Pearl Harbor

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 8:15 am
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Abe to send message of reconciliation in Pearl Harbor

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 6:00 am
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Abe, Obama to visit Pearl Harbor

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe to visit four Asia-Pacific nations in January

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe returning favor for Obama’s Hiroshima trip

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 7:20 am
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Commentary: Blaming Japan for Pearl Harbor attack counterproductive

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Mainichi , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL

Experts’ perspectives on Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 3
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe returning favor for Obama’s Hiroshima trip

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 07:20 a.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Commentary: U.S. two party system holds risk of racial division

  • November 18, 2016
  • , Yomiuri , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL

Japanese banks eye 95 bil. yen loans to Russia’s Gazprom

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Kyodo News , 11:32 p.m.
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Will foreign ministers’ talks pave way for achievement at Abe-Putin meet?

  • December 05, 2016
  • , The Japan News , 8:16 pm
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Chinese ships enter Japanese waters around Senkakus

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Kyodo News , 13:38
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Gist of interpellations at Upper House special committee on TPP, Dec. 5

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 6
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ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Northeast Asia forum stresses stability in face of global risks

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 05:30 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Editorial: Drug price revision must lead to a reasonable system

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Asahi , p. 10
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ECONOMY

Keidanren Chairman shows understanding for annual revisions

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Sankei , p. 10
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ECONOMY

Tokyo Governor Koike cautious about inviting casinos

  • December 3, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 35
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ECONOMY

Editorial: Scrap spousal deduction system to empower women

  • December 5, 2016
  • , The Mainichi
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Japan’s total fertility rate rises slightly to 1.45

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Asahi , p. 4
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ECONOMY

Tepco seen staying under government control for some time

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 4:35 am
  • English Press

SECURITY

Opponents of NTA helipad construction to send letter to President

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Ryukyu Shimpo
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SECURITY

Trash believed to belong to U.S. military dumped near NTA

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY

Okinawa Prefecture launches English website on U.S. base issues

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY

U.S. defense chief inspects Japan’s largest naval vessel

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Kyodo News , 12:57 p.m.
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SECURITY

Japan ups pay, compensation for deaths for SDF personnel in S. Sudan

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Kyodo News , 12:39 p.m.
  • English Press

SECURITY

Japan to allocate largest-ever amount for national defense

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei
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POLITICS

Casino bill passed in Lower House plenary session

  • December 6, 2016
  • , NHK
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on Dec. 5

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

POLITICS

POLITICS

Speculation rekindled on snap election in January

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Nikkei
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POLITICS

Interview with JCP chief Shii: Hopes for a non-permanent coalition

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Nikkei , p. 2
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POLITICS

Casino legislation to pass Lower House today

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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POLITICS

Cartoon: Abe and Nippon Ham Fighters Otani

  • December 4, 2016
  • , Kanagawa Shimbun , p. 11
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OPINION POLLS

Opinion poll & results from Yomiuri Shimbun

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Yomiuri , p. 8
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SCIENCE

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fall for 2nd straight year

  • December 6, 2016
  • , Kyodo News , 2:02 p.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Sea Shepherd ships depart for annual battle with Japanese whalers

  • December 5, 2016
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press

SOCIETY

First-ever survey on social recluses over 40 years of age now underway

  • December 5, 2016
  • , Mainichi evening edition , p. 1
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TV PROGRAMS

Lightning strikes cause increasing damage

  • December 6, 2016
  • , NHK
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SOCIAL MEDIA

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  • G7 Summit
  • Ukraine
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