December 12, 2017
HEADLINES
Noon news
- December 12, 2017
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HEADLINES
Morning news
- December 12, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
International conference on cross-border organized crime begins in Tokyo
- December 12, 2017
- , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL
China-North Korea border bridge closes for repairs
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 8:00 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
AIIB makes unusual move by granting loan to Chinese state-owned enterprise
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 7
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INTERNATIONAL
China closes border bridge to send “warning” to North Korea: diplomatic source in Beijing
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 9
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan hails antinuke group’s Nobel Peace Prize, resists policy change
- December 11, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 2:53 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. beef price jump 3% on the month
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 23
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INTERNATIONAL
FOCUS: Jerusalem issue puts Japan’s top envoy in tight spot in Middle East
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 7:32 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan pledges to support Iraq’s post-Islamic State recovery
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 11:38 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan, S. Korea to skip finance dialogue this year
- December 11, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 5:16 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Abductees plight highlighted at U.N. talks on N. Korea rights abuses
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 10:09 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
A U.S. specialist firm efficiently handles reactor decommissioning
- December 10, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL
Top Russian military officer expresses concern about U.S.-Japan joint drills
- December 12, 2017
- , Asahi, Yomiuri, Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL
Japanese, ROK parliamentarians discuss bilateral relations, North Korea
- December 12, 2017
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan, France to confirm defense coordination with China in mind
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL
Comfort women memorial erected in Manila
- December 12, 2017
- , Sankei
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ECONOMY
Toshiba and Western Digital close to ending legal dispute
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 9:21 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japan’s free trade campaign could sputter without U.S. or China
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:40 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japan’s Kubota lands major Myanmar waterworks project
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 3:42 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Gov’t mulls limiting new drug development premium to top 25% pharmaceutical companies
- December 10, 2017
- , Sankei , p. 2
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ECONOMY
USTR Lighthizer calls for reform of WTO
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri
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SECURITY
Okinawa gov’t to send mission to Italy, Germany in Jan. to study SOFAs with U.S. military
- December 12, 2017
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 1
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SECURITY
U.S. military dismisses claim that part fell from Futenma-based aircraft
- December 12, 2017
- , Okinawa Times
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SECURITY
DM Onodera interviewed on missile defense, SDF, succession to PM Abe
- December 12, 2017
- , Sankei , p. 5
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SECURITY
USFJ stationing costs mark record high
- December 12, 2017
- , Akahata , p. 1
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SECURITY
Gov’t to establish new counterterrorism center ahead of 2020 Olympics
- December 11, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 9:07 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
U.S., Japan, South Korea conduct joint training
- December 12, 2017
- , Asahi, Nikkei
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SECURITY
U.S. service member indicted for fatal DUI accident
- December 12, 2017
- , Sankei
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POLITICS
ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize and the pursuit of a nuclear-free world
- December 11, 2017
- , NHK
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Dec. 10 – 11, 2017
- December 12, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Forty-three members of DP’s Tokyo chapter bid farewell to the party
- December 12, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 4
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POLITICS
Leader proposes plan to disband opposition Democratic Party
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 1:53 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Editorial: Reactivate debate between prime minister, leaders of opposition parties
- December 11, 2017
- , The Japan News , 8:59 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Up-and-coming FM Kono worrying about his “father”
- December 14, 2017
- , p. 34
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OPINION POLLS
Cabinet approval rating steady at 53%, Yomiuri poll
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 1
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OPINION POLLS
91% pleased with decision on abdication, 46% say pressure should be prioritized in relation to DPRK, Yomiuri poll
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 2
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OPINION POLLS
Opinion poll & results from Yomiuri Shimbun
- December 12, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 10
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OPINION POLLS
49% support cabinet, 35% do not, NHK public opinion poll
- December 11, 2017
- , NHK , Online 7:04 p.m.
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OPINION POLLS
Cabinet and political party support rates, NHK public opinion poll
- December 11, 2017
- , NHK , Online 7:04 p.m.
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SCIENCE
Japan plans to join U.S.-led moon station project
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 1:28 p.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fall for 3rd straight year
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 1:38 p.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Japan to launch Epsilon rocket next month
- December 9, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 33
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EDUCATION
Gov’t to submit legislation aimed at curbing rise in enrollment at colleges in Tokyo
- December 9, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 4
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