February 28, 2018
HEADLINES
Noon news
- February 28, 2018
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HEADLINES
Morning news
- February 28, 2018
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INTERNATIONAL
High seas cargo transfers by N. Korea targeted for crackdown
- February 28, 2018
- , The Asahi Shimbun , 1:05 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
North Korea’s Choe Son Hui promoted to vice foreign minister
- February 28, 2018
- , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL
Ambassador Sasae says dialogue with North Korea premature
- February 28, 2018
- , NHK
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INTERNATIONAL
EU, Japan leaders to sign free trade by summer: EU official
- February 28, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 6:21 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
President Trump comments on talks with North Korea
- February 28, 2018
- , Yomiuri
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INTERNATIONAL
Key U.S. diplomat in charge of Korean affairs to retire
- February 28, 2018
- , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL
Another ship-to-ship transfer involving DPRK vessel spotted in East China Sea
- February 28, 2018
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INTERNATIONAL
Japan seeks help to block North Korea’s smuggling at sea
- February 28, 2018
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 02:05 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Convenience stores expanding services in response to fierce competition
- February 27, 2018
- , NHK
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ECONOMY
Coordination underway to set up TPP secretariat in Japan
- February 28, 2018
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 4
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ECONOMY
Gov’t to require prior local legislatures’ approval for inviting casinos to operate
- February 28, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 1
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ECONOMY
Suspicious transmissions preceded massive NEM theft
- February 27, 2018
- , The Japan News , 8:26 p.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Editorial: Are casinos a sound tool for growth as government aims to pass bill?
- February 27, 2018
- , The Japan News , 7:12 p.m.
- English Press
SECURITY
Okinawa governor to visit U.S.
- February 28, 2018
- , Mainichi, Tokyo Shimbun
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SECURITY
Chinese spy plane enters Japan’s ADIZ
- February 28, 2018
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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SECURITY
DM Onodera voices concern over flights of Russian strategic bombers near Japan
- February 28, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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SECURITY
Cyberattacks increase by 20% in 2017
- February 28, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 42
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POLITICS
LDP heavyweight to embrace Abe’s proposal on constitutional revision
- February 28, 2018
- , Asahi, Mainichi, Yomiuri, Nikkei, Sankei
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Feb. 27, 2018
- February 28, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
Japan lower house panel approves record 97.71 tril. yen budget for FY 2018
- February 28, 2018
- , Kyodo News , 2:56 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Profile of new Okinawa-Northern Territories minister Teru Fukui
- February 28, 2018
- , Nikkei , p. 4
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POLITICS
New Okinawa-Northern Territories minister Fukui’s ability put to test
- February 28, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 5
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POLITICS
Okinawa affairs minister replaced with another LDP Nikai faction member
- February 28, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
Onaga hopeful about new Okinawa minister’s understanding of the prefecture
- February 28, 2018
- , Ryukyu Shimpo , p. 3
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POLITICS
Ishiba’s cooperation to speed up LDP’s consensus building on constitutional revision
- February 28, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 4
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POLITICS
Cartoon: Discretionary work system
- February 27, 2018
- , Akahata , p. 2
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OPINION POLLS
26% of high school students spend more than five hours on Internet every weekday, Cabinet Office poll
- February 28, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 35
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OPINION POLLS
Majority of Japanese university students don’t read books for pleasure, poll shows
- February 28, 2018
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
OPINION POLLS
50% say constitutional amendments do not need to be passed by Diet this year, Mainichi poll
- February 26, 2018
- , Mainichi , p. 3
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SCIENCE
Japan lagging behind in using satellites for security purposes
- February 28, 2018
- , Yomiuri , p. 3
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SOCIETY
Operation Tomodachi monument erected in Sendai park
- February 28, 2018
- , NHK
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SOCIETY
GOJ committed to increasing female corporate executives
- February 28, 2018
- , Nikkei
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SOCIETY
Japan rounds up 341 in first crackdown on asylum seekers working illegally
- February 27, 2018
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
