August 16, 2017
HEADLINES
Noon news
- August 16, 2017
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HEADLINES
Morning news
- August 16, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
DOS spokesperson: DPRK must take steps toward denuclearization before dialogue
- August 16, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
Gist of Abe-Trump teleconference on Aug. 15
- August 16, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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INTERNATIONAL
Survey of newspaper editorials on response to North Korea’s ICBM launch
- August 16, 2017
- , Sankei , p. 6
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INTERNATIONAL
Expert says Kim indicated he would “not mount enveloping fire around Guam”
- August 16, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: President Trump and Kim Jong-un
- August 15, 2017
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 3
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INTERNATIONAL
Culture ministers of Japan, China, S. Korea to meet in Kyoto
- August 15, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 4:25 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Tension between U.S., DPRK may ease as North Korean leader tones down rhetoric
- August 16, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
ROK leader takes issue with Japan’s handling of wartime forced labor issue
- August 16, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
Komeito chief to visit Russia
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei
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ECONOMY
Sea urchin cultivation and cruise ship tourism eyed for joint economic activities in Northern Territories
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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ECONOMY
Kanematsu, JFE Steel to build oil pipe processing R&D facility in U.S.
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 14
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ECONOMY
Kyokuyo to start shipments of closed-cycle bluefin tuna in November
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 14
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ECONOMY
Seabed survey to be conducted off coast of western Kyushu to assess damage from coral poaching
- August 15, 2017
- , Yomiuri evening edition , p. 11
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ECONOMY
Politics intervenes, permanent listing of rice futures trading shelved
- August 13, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 2
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ECONOMY
Japan worried about possible trade friction between U.S., China
- August 16, 2017
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ECONOMY
U.S. beef prices soaring
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei
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SECURITY
U.S.-Japan joint military drill in Hokkaido disclosed to media
- August 16, 2017
- , NHK, TV Asahi
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SECURITY
Three Ospreys depart Iwakuni for Misawa
- August 16, 2017
- , NHK
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SECURITY
Ospreys to participate in Hokkaido exercise
- August 16, 2017
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SECURITY
Okinawa affairs minister comments on SOFA
- August 16, 2017
- , Yomiuri
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Aug. 15, 2017
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
No mention of Japan’s aggression in Abe’s Aug. 15 speech five years in a row
- August 15, 2017
- , Tokyo Shimbun evening edition , p. 2
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POLITICS
INTERVIEW: Komura wants LDP constitution proposal ready for parliament session
- August 15, 2017
- , Jiji Press , 10:42 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Shimajiri named assistant to Okinawa affairs minister
- August 16, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
Japan PM sends ritual offering to Yasukuni on war anniversary
- August 16, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 7:18 a.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Study of the Cabinet Secretariat (Part 1): National Security Secretariat serves as linchpin of Japan’s diplomacy
- August 15, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Former aide to Mrs. Abe transferred to Japanese Embassy in Italy
- August 16, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
No cabinet ministers visited Yasukuni on war anniversary
- August 16, 2017
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OPINION POLLS
Jiji Press Public Opinion Poll on Gambling
- August 11, 2017
- , Jiji Press Public Opinion Poll Bulletin , [No. 1527] – pp. 4–6
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SCIENCE
METI to cover research and development costs for AI semiconductors
- August 15, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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SCIENCE
Joint venture launches 4 Japanese companies into minirocket market
- August 13, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 11:48 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
Starvation took more Japanese lives than British bullets at Imphal
- August 15, 2017
- , NHK
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EDUCATION
Universities stepping up emergency preparedness for students abroad
- August 16, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 27
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