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JAPAN U 23

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SOCCER
Dec 26, 2019
Japan U-23 team to face South Africa, Cote d'Ivoire in Olympic warmups
The Japan Under-23 squad will warm up for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with friendlies against South Africa and Cote d'Ivoire in March, the Japan Football Association announced Thursday.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 26, 2019
Japan PM Takeshita heeded warning to avoid Yasukuni before 1988 China trip
In August 1988, the Japanese ambassador to China urged Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita not to visit the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, months before his trip to the country, declassified diplomatic records showed Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Dec 26, 2019
Work on U.S. base at Henoko in Okinawa to cost nearly triple initial estimate
Building the replacement facility is now expected to cost u00a5930 billion, far exceeding its initial u00a5350 billion estimate, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
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OLYMPICS
Dec 26, 2019
Daisuke Takahashi, Yuko Arimori among former Olympians named as runners for 2020 Games torch relay
Figure skater Daisuke Takahashi and marathoner Yuko Arimori were among several past Olympians added to the list of runners in the 2020 Tokyo Games torch relay on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2019
Follow up on the Abe-Moon talks to restore ties
Both Japan and South Korea need to make every effort to get the bilateral relationship back on an even keel.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 26, 2019
Japan's year that could have been
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe guided Japan's diplomacy in 2019 with a steady hand.
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2019
Arashi tapped as Japan goodwill envoys to China ahead of Tokyo Olympics
The government said Wednesday that it has tapped popular Japanese boy band Arashi as a goodwill ambassador to promote cultural and sports exchanges with China ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
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BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2019
Japan's beer exports to South Korea down 99 percent on year in November
Beer exports by Japan to South Korea in November stood at ¥6.96 million, down 99.1 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said Thursday.
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JAPAN
Dec 26, 2019
Japanese professors issue appeal for Chinese colleague missing in homeland
A group of Japanese researchers is pleading for the safe return of a prominent Chinese scholar at Hokkaido University of Education who they have not heard from since shortly after he left for China to attend a family funeral in June.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 25, 2019
JSA needs to look outward for good of sumo
Whatever hopes fans had for a peaceful end to the year were dashed when Japan Sumo Association officials instructed Takagenji to take part in his regularly scheduled bout on Dec. 11 despite the wrestler being diagnosed with influenza earlier in the day.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Dec 25, 2019
Abe-Moon talks and Seoul's donation plan could lead to improved ties, observers say
For Japan and South Korea, the resumption of top-level dialogue in and of itself is a major step forward.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2019
Gorbachev agreed to address islands dispute in 1988 with Nakasone: declassified records
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev acknowledged the need to resolve the dispute with Japan over the sovereignty of a group of islands off Hokkaido in a 1988 meeting, diplomatic records declassified Wednesday show.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 25, 2019
Route to 'new era' of Japan-China ties unclear, despite leaders' claims of momentum
Prime Minister Abe told Chinese Premier Li in Chengdu, China, that he wants to make the recent improvement in ties sustainable and promote “constant” high-level exchanges and dialogue.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 25, 2019
Three Japan Post Group leaders expected to resign over insurance sales scandal
Japan Post Holdings is expected to convene a meeting to discuss the resignations and successor candidates Friday. Former internal affairs minister Hiroya Masuda may replace Masatsugu Nagato as president.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2019
Japan Display to set up new investigation team over improper accounting
Japan Display Inc. said Tuesday it will set up a new investigative team consisting only of outside parties to look into suspected improper accounting after the company's internal probe found questionable figures in previous earnings results.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2019
Japan and South Korea leaders vow to keep talking, but no progress made on wartime labor
The meeting was being closely watched for hints on whether the Asian neighbors can break the stalemate and repair ties at a crucial time for regional security.
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JAPAN
Dec 24, 2019
Russia releases five Japanese fishing boats seized off Hokkaido
Russia on Tuesday released five Japanese fishing boats seized in waters near Russian-held, Japan-claimed islands in mid-December.
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2019
Amakudari and Japan Post Holdings
The government needs to probe whether a recent bureaucratic leak is part of a broader and deeper collusion.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 24, 2019
New airborne disaster response group on target to deliver
ARROWS is aimed at providing timely assistance by bringing together and coordinating the expertise and manpower of many organizations.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2019
Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea gather with eye on threat from North Korea
Meeting in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, Abe, Li and Moon also discussed closer economic cooperation, agreeing to accelerate negotiations on a three-way free trade agreement.

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