December 31, 2019
HEADLINES
Noon news
- December 31, 2019
- , All TV networks
- JMH Summary
HEADLINES
Morning news
- December 31, 2019
- , All newspapers and TV networks
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INTERNATIONAL
DPRK determined to endure “another, arduous, protracted struggle”
- December 31, 2019
- , All national papers digital , NHK digital
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INTERNATIONAL
Suspicion of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of goods by NAM SAN 8, North Korean-flagged tanker, and a small vessel of unknown nationality
- December 27, 2019
- , MOFA Website
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China planned sending of patrol ships to near Senkakus from 2006
- December 30, 2019
- , Kyodo News , 7:13 a.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Commentary: Beacons in the stormy seas of 2020
- December 30, 2019
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
China launched ‘a record 9 destroyers’ in ’19
- December 29, 2019
- , The Japan News , 5:03 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
Cartoon: Shades of the annexation
- December 29, 2019
- , Akahata , p. 2
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INTERNATIONAL
Tokyo pressed El Salvador to prevent Beijing influence over port
- December 30, 2019
- , Kyodo News , 8:51 p.m.
- English Press
INTERNATIONAL
DPRK leader calls for “proactive, offensive measures” for national defense
- December 31, 2019
- , All national papers
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INTERNATIONAL
Russian leader expresses hope to meet with Abe next year
- December 31, 2019
- , Sankei
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ECONOMY
Indian subway operator taps Japanese adviser for expansion
- December 31, 2019
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 5:42 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
ANA offers foreign tourists cheap flights to Japan’s parts unseen
- December 31, 2019
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 4:08 a.m.
- English Press
ECONOMY
Japanese consumers enjoy benefits of TPP effectuation
- December 31, 2019
- , Mainichi
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SECURITY
Washington likely to press Tokyo to pay more for hosting U.S. troops
- December 31, 2019
- , Asahi
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POLITICS
Prime minister’s schedule on Dec. 30, 2019
- December 31, 2019
- , Sankei , p. 5
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POLITICS
Abe meets with top foreign affairs, defense bureaucrats more frequently than his predecessors did
- December 31, 2019
- , Nikkei , p. 2
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POLITICS
Abe remembers 2019 as “tough year”
- December 30, 2019
- , Jiji Press , 2:21 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Beat reporters see decrease in Abe’s responses to questions
- December 30, 2019
- , Jiji Press , 10:49 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
Commentary: Abe’s foreign policy outlook for 2020
- December 30, 2019
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
POLITICS
How socialism and the left wing failed in Japan
- December 30, 2019
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
POLITICS
LDP rejects off-session Diet meeting over casino resort scandal
- December 26, 2019
- , Jiji Press , 2:08 p.m.
- English Press
POLITICS
LDP determined to win assembly elections in Okinawa
- December 31, 2019
- , Yomiuri
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OPINION POLLS
Highlights of December 2019 Jiji Press Public Opinion Poll
- January 1, 2020
- , Jiji Press Public Opinion Poll Bulletin , [No. 1613] – pp. 8–11
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SCIENCE
Japan low altitude satellite registered in Guinness World Records
- December 30, 2019
- , Kyodo News , 1:18 p.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Japanese makers pounce on surgical robot opportunity
- December 30, 2019
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 3:25 p.m.
- English Press
SCIENCE
Editorial: Collective action needed to meet existential threats
- December 30, 2019
- , The Japan Times
- English Press
SOCIETY
Carlos Ghosn allegedly left Japan in violation of bail arrangement
- December 31, 2019
- , All TV networks
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SOCIETY
Warmth of local community nurtures children at Yokosuka orphanage
- December 28, 2019
- , Kanagawa Shimbun , p. 18
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SOCIETY
Carlos Ghosn flies to Lebanon despite awaiting trial in Japan
- December 31, 2019
- , Nikkei Asian Review , 6:36 a.m.
- English Press
SOCIETY
“Country Gold,” the sound of America’s soul in Aso
- December 20, 2019
- , Nikkei , p. 44
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