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China hails UN decision over Japan's shelf claim
Tōkyō :: Japan | 12 months ago
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China on Friday welcomed a UN panel decision not to recognize a Japanese territorial claim on the 250,000-square-km southern Kyushu-Palau Ridge. Sunday regarding the extent of Japan's continental shelf in the western Pacific. Japanese media said that
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Preparing elevators for the Big One
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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The land and infrastructure ministry announced it is offering to cover one-third of renovation costs to help make elevators more quake-resistant. Japan's estimated 700,000 elevators are in need of thorough inspection, upgrading and safety features
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Japan, Asean vow to complete trade ‘roadmap'
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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JapanMinisters from Japan and Southeast Asia agreed Saturday to complete a roadmap in August to double trade in 10 years between the world's third largest economy and the rapidly developing region. The decision was made in Tokyo at a meeting of
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Coast guard enhancements OK'd
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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The government aims to have the legislation enacted during the current Diet session through June, with the revised laws to take effect about 20 days after enactment. Under a bill, prompted by the 2010 run-in between a Chinese trawler and coast guard
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Researchers locate birthplace of eels
Yokohama :: Japan | 1 year ago
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The egg-laying site should be along a ridge at the bottom of the ocean about 100 km south of where the fish were found, based on the direction of the currents, according to the joint team of researchers from the Fisheries Research Agency in Yokohama,
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Western media play along in the disinformation game
Beijing :: China | almost 3 years ago
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Or, are they just plain lazy, happy to go along with what everyone else is saying and what readers want to believe without wanting to look too closely into relevant background? I refer to the way the Western media, both lately and in the past, have
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Groups concoct iffy bid to turn Futenma plot into theme park
Ginowan :: Japan | 3 years ago
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Okinawa Pref. — A new rub, or possibly an incentive, has been stirred into the mix of opinions, debate, politicking and posturing that is the pressure-cooker of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa. Amid the tug-of-war over where to move
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China all at sea over Japan island row
Tōkyō :: Japan | 3 years ago
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Among other things, China refuses to grant it island status, and refers to it instead as an atoll, reef or simply a rock...The dispute over Okinotori, which Japan calls Okinotorishima, persists because it involves strategic concerns and rights to
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Protection of remote islets eyed
Ōsaka :: Japan | over 3 years ago
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The administration is planning a law that would give the central government, rather than local entities, the authority to manage and control specific remote, uninhabited islets in an effort to maintain Japan's exclusive economic zone. The Cabinet of
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?China safeguards Int?l interests in opposing ...
Beijing :: China | over 3 years ago
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that China is safeguarding the interests of the international community in objecting to Japan's claims around the Okinotori atoll. The Japanese government has reportedly submitted a bill to the
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