January 18, 2017

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • January 18, 2017
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HEADLINES

Morning news

  • January 18, 2017
  • , All newspapers and TV networks
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AMBASSADOR

AMBASSADOR

Ambassador Kennedy: Until we meet again!

  • January 17, 2017
  • , Asahi evening edition , p. 10
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AMBASSADOR

Ambassador Kennedy departs Japan today

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi
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AMBASSADOR

My Japanology: Hope, history rhyme in Hiroshima and Pearl Harbor

  • January 18, 2017
  • , The Japan News , 6:00 a.m.
  • English Press

AMBASSADOR

Ambassador hosts “karuta” competition

  • January 13, 2017
  • , NHK
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AMBASSADOR

As Kennedy steps down from ambassador post, observers see a mixed legacy

  • January 17, 2017
  • , The Japan Times
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INTERNATIONAL

Hiroshima mayor sent letter to President Obama

  • January 18, 2017
  • , JIJI
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Full text of ex-Hiroshima Mayor Akiba’s letter to Trump

  • January 18, 2017
  • , The Mainichi
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Cartoon: Incoming president to hammer Japan over trade

  • January 14, 2017
  • , Asahi , p. 14
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INTERNATIONAL

Security: Trump’s biggest surprise may be a nuclear Japan

  • February 2017
  • , p. 34-35
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe emphasizes “Indo-Pacific” on four-nation tour in message to India

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Sankei , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe making preparations for meeting with Trump

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Mainichi
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Chinese leader warns against protectionism at Davos forum

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo Shimbun
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan, Russia to conduct joint maritime exercises

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL

Philippine president allegedly turned down Abe’s offer to provide missiles

  • January 17, 2017
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 28
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INTERNATIONAL

Abe visits Southeast Asia, Australia in preparation for his U.S. visit

  • January 17, 2017
  • , Sankei , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Comfort woman statues to bring shame on South Korea

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Sankei , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Russia displeased by Japan’s economic cooperation with China

  • January 15, 2017
  • , Nikkei , p. 10
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INTERNATIONAL

State Minister for Foreign Affairs to visit Russia

  • January 14, 2017
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
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INTERNATIONAL

Fukushima to host Pacific island summit in 2018

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi , p. 4
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ECONOMY

Japan lagging behind in labor standards

  • January 16, 2017
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 3
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ECONOMY

ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Masayoshi Matsumoto tapped as next chairman of Kansai Economic Federation

  • January 14, 2017
  • , Mainichi , p. 6
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ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Japan, EU resume EPA talks

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi
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SECURITY

U.S. military to operate F-35s at Futenma Air Station

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY

GSDF deployment to become issue in Miyakojima mayoral election

  • January 16, 2017
  • , Yomiuri , p. 4
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SECURITY

MOD to launch a panel on THAAD

  • January 14, 2017
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 3
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SECURITY

SDF to conduct training for rescuing Japanese overseas

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi
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SECURITY

Think tank releases recommendations for Japan’s defense

  • January 13 2017
  • , Yomiuri , p. 15
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POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on Jan. 17

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS

Members of conservative party Kokoro return to LDP’s fold

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi , p. 4
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SCIENCE

SOCIETY

Female execs at 3.4%, far off 30% target

  • January 17, 2017
  • , The Japan News , 10:55 p. m.
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Illegal employment in agriculture rising

  • January 13, 2017
  • , Mainichi evening edition , p. 10
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SOCIETY

SOCIETY

Imperial Household Agency says new emperor’s ascension on Jan. 1 would be “difficult”

  • January 18, 2017
  • , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo
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EDUCATION

Earning foreign universities’ degrees at Japanese schools

  • January 13, 2017
  • , Yomiuri , p. 21
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TV PROGRAMS

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence continues

  • January 17, 2017
  • , NHK
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