December 13, 2017
HEADLINES
Noon news
- December 13, 2017
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HEADLINES
Morning news
- December 13, 2017
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INTERNATIONAL
Secretary Tillerson expresses willingness to begin talks with DPRK without preconditions
- December 13, 2017
- , All TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
U.S. ready to talk with N. Korea “without precondition”: Tillerson
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 11:40 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China sends future-oriented messages at Nanjing massacre ceremony
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 7:49 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
PM Abe: “Gov’t will do everything it can to address wooden boats drifting ashore”
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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INTERNATIONAL
S. Korea’s foreign minister to visit Japan by year-end
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 4:08 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Taiwan, Japan to hold maritime talks next week
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 10:33 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
North Korean bodies and boats reach Japan’s coasts, but more survivors, too
- December 12, 2017
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Charles Jenkins, U.S. defector to North Korea and husband of former Japanese abductee Hitomi Soga, dies at 77
- December 12, 2017
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Editorial: Accord on EPA with EU a decision that defies a climate of protectionism
- December 12, 2017
- , The Japan News , 07:07 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
MEXT Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi named head of Japan-China Parliamentarians’ Friendship League
- December 13, 2017
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan plans regular forum on developing-world health care
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 3:08 a.m.
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INTERNATIONAL
Jerusalem issue puts Japan’s top envoy in a tight spot in the Middle East
- December 12, 2017
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Doyukai chief reprimands Trump’s Jerusalem decision
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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INTERNATIONAL
First comfort woman statue in Philippines erected in Manila
- December 12, 2017
- , Jiji Press , 9:18 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Japan tops list of nations Chinese people want to visit
- December 12, 2017
- , Jiji Press , 8:02 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
U.S., Chinese intelligence bodies said working for Kim Jong Un’s exile, installing next leader
- December 1, 2017
- , pp. 46-47
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INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: Abe pilloried
- December 10, 2017
- , Akahata , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL
UNSC discusses North Korea’s human rights abuses including abductions
- December 12, 2017
- , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL
GOJ having difficulty dealing with North Korean boats washing up on Japanese shores
- December 13, 2017
- , Asahi
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INTERNATIONAL
Foreign Minister Kono pledges Japan’s support for Iraqi reconstruction
- December 12, 2017
- , Mainichi
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INTERNATIONAL
Osaka to decide as early as today to end sister-city relationship with San Francisco
- December 13, 2017
- , Yomiuri
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ECONOMY
High court orders suspension of No. 3 reactor at Ikata nuclear plant
- December 13, 2017
- , NHK
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ECONOMY
JR worker may have helped Obayashi
- December 13, 2017
- , The Japan News , 04:00 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Maglev train bidding obstruction probe spreads to Shimizu, Taisei
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 11:53 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Toshiba, Western Digital end months-long legal battle over chip unit sale
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 11:41 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
METI moving to expand subsidies for M&As involving SMEs
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 5
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ECONOMY
Toyota, Panasonic teaming to standardize electric-car batteries
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 02:08 a.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Okinawa grade-schooler hurt by window that fell off U.S. military helicopter
- December 13, 2017
- , All TV networks
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SECURITY
Parents call for suspension of U.S. military flights over nursery school in Okinawa
- December 13, 2017
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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SECURITY
Window falls from U.S. military chopper onto Okinawa school grounds
- December 13, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 9:39 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Windshield from U.S. copter falls on Okinawa school’s ground
- December 13, 2017
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:55 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Japan, UK showing signs of reviving “alliance”
- December 13, 2017
- , Sankei , p. 5
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SECURITY
Editorial: Use mobile, high-tech measures to guard Tokyo Games from terrorism
- December 12, 2017
- , The Japan News , 07:09 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Governors nationwide negative about having Ospreys deployed in their prefectures, Kyodo News survey
- December 13, 2017
- , Tokyo Shimbun , Lead story
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SECURITY
Opinion poll & results of Kyodo News Survey on Ospreys
- December 13, 2017
- , Tokyo Shimbun , p. 6
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SECURITY
Ex-U.S. base worker appeals life sentence for killing Okinawa woman
- December 12, 2017
- , Kyodo News , 7:09 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Defense Ministry increases cost estimate for Aegis Ashore to 100 billion yen per unit
- December 13, 2017
- , Asahi
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SECURITY
Futenma relocation to be key issue in Nago mayoral election in February
- December 13, 2017
- , Asahi, Yomiuri
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POLITICS
U.S., Japan confirm coordination on DPRK
- December 13, 2017
- , NHK, TV Asahi
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POLITICS
Former base worker files appeal against life imprisonment
- December 13, 2017
- , Okinawa Times, Ryukyu Shimpo
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Dec. 12, 2017
- December 13, 2017
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Gov’t appoints Marumo as JASDF chief of staff
- December 13, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 4
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POLITICS
DP’s prospects completely bleak with no consensus on proposals to rebuild party
- December 13, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 3
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POLITICS
Democratic Party leader proposes idea on disbanding party
- December 12, 2017
- , All national papers evening edition
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OPINION POLLS
Jiji Press public opinion poll on passenger cars
- December 11, 2017
- , Jiji Press Public Opinion Poll Bulletin , [No. 1539] – pp. 1, 5, 6, 7
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SCIENCE
Japan’s cooperation with U.S. to build moon station to be discussed at 2018 int’l forum
- December 13, 2017
- , Yomiuri , p. 35
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SCIENCE
FM Kono expresses Japan’s readiness to host confab on climate change next year
- December 13, 2017
- , Yomiuri
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SOCIETY
“Mercari” marketplace app changes consumption in Japan
- December 12, 2017
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
Japan Federation of Bar Associations sets quota of at least two female vice presidents
- December 9, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 34
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SOCIETY
Cartoon: Shan Shan, Yuina and Yuma
- December 10, 2017
- , Kanagawa Shimbun , p. 9
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SOCIETY
Cartoon: The Babe Ruth of Japan
- December 13, 2017
- , Asahi , p. 16
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EDUCATION
Gov’t to give financial support to students preparing for higher education
- December 12, 2017
- , Mainichi , p. 1
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