March 29, 2017

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HEADLINES

Noon news

  • March 29, 2017
  • , All TV networks
  • JMH Summary

HEADLINES

Morning News

  • March 29, 2017
  • , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

U.S. pressured Japan not to take part in Nuclear Weapons Convention talks

  • March 28, 2017
  • , NHK, TBS, TV Asahi
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INTERNATIONAL

Editorial: Why won’t Japan speak out as an A-bombed country?

  • March 29, 2017
  • , The Mainichi
  • English Press

INTERNATIONAL

Record high number of foreigners pass Japanese nursing exam

  • March 28, 2017
  • , Mainichi
  • JMH Translation

INTERNATIONAL

Japan decides not to participate in talks on Nuclear Weapons Convention

  • March 29, 2017
  • , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL

Japan rebuts China’s protest against official’s visit to Taiwan

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Asahi, Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL

Japan to extend sanctions on North Korea for two years

  • March 28, 2017
  • , Yomiuri evening edition
  • JMH Summary

INTERNATIONAL

Govt plans to extend sanctions on North Korea

  • March 28, 2017
  • , The Japan News
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Government spokesman comments on Westinghouse bankruptcy filing

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei digital
  • JMH Summary

ECONOMY

Toshiba board greenlights Westinghouse bankruptcy plan

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Possible Westinghouse bankruptcy a potential security concern, US official says

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Toshiba memory spinoff raises tech security fears

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

ECONOMY

JA Zen-Noh to Expand Direct Sales of Farm Products

  • March 28, 2017
  • , Jiji Press , 22:53
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Rakuten to start brokerage platform for trading CO2 emission reductions, conserved electricity

  • March 27, 2017
  • , Nikkei evening edition , p. 1
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

Gist of Work Style Reform Action Plan

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 6
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ECONOMY

ECONOMY

Osaka High Court supports restarting halted Takahama nuclear reactors

  • March 29, 2017
  • , All national papers
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ECONOMY

GOJ agrees on action plan for work style reform

  • March 29, 2017
  • , All national papers
  • JMH Summary

ECONOMY

Gov’t announces new guidelines to expand sake exports

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
  • JMH Translation

ECONOMY

After key deal, Tepco, Chubu Electric struggle with next step

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:45 a.m.
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Toshiba moving Westinghouse out of way to march forward

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Court overturns injunction on Takahama nuclear plant

  • March 28, 2017
  • , The Asahi Shimbun
  • English Press

ECONOMY

Japan draws up work reform plan setting overtime caps

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

SECURITY

Okinawa leader orders suspension of sea-based construction work off Henoko

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
  • JMH Summary

SECURITY

SECURITY

SECURITY

POLITICS

Prime minister’s schedule on March 28

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei , p. 4
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

Gist of interpellations at Upper House Audit Committee, March 28, 2017

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 6
  • JMH Translation

POLITICS

POLITICS

Editorial: Moritomo Gakuen issue should not dominate Diet discussions

  • March 28, 2017
  • , The Japan News , p. 3
  • English Press

POLITICS

SCIENCE

Trump inks order to roll back Obama’s anti-emissions steps

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Kyodo News
  • English Press

SCIENCE

SCIENCE

Japan turns to AI, drones in war on smuggling

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review , 3:53 a.m.
  • English Press

SCIENCE

Hitachi develops AI technology to identify specific individuals

  • March 28, 2017
  • , Mainichi , p. 7
  • JMH Translation

SCIENCE

SCIENCE

Japan performs first transplant of donor iPS cells

  • March 29, 2017
  • , Nikkei Asian Review
  • English Press

SOCIETY

366,000 elderly waiting to enter nursing homes, down 30% from 2013

  • March 27, 2017
  • , Kyodo News , 22:57
  • English Press

SOCIETY

Tokyo temple offers graves for same-sex couples

  • March 28, 2017
  • , The Japan Times
  • English Press
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