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JAPAN
Dec 1, 2009

Hepatitis redress legislation clears Diet

A comprehensive bill to support people with hepatitis B and C, along with an attached statement recognizing the government's liability in spreading infections via tainted blood products, cleared the Diet on Monday.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2009

Domestic flights limit carry-on size to keep schedules flowing

Japanese airlines on Tuesday will start enforcing size restrictions on domestic flight carry-on luggage in an effort to minimize delays caused by trying to stow items that are too big.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2009

'Politically binding' budget screening over

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's waste-cutting panel finished its nine-day review of allocations Friday for 447 public works projects in the government's record-high ¥95 trillion budget for fiscal 2010.
Reader Mail
Nov 26, 2009

Taiwan maintains interest in Japan

I would like to respond to Max Hirsch's Nov. 19 (Kyodo News) article "When Taiwan-Japan relations run afoul, there's always Hatta Yoichi." Hirsch's point that President Ma Ying-jeou's observation of the 67th anniversary of Hatta's death in a ceremony last May 8, held at a bronze statue of the engineer...
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2009

Hatoyama silent on funds probe

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama remained mum Tuesday on his ever-widening fundraising scandal, saying he trusts prosecutors to judge whether he is liable for any misconduct.
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2009

Yemen captors free engineer

A Japanese engineer abducted by armed Yemeni tribesmen Nov. 15 was freed early Tuesday Japan time along with his local driver, government officials said in Tokyo.

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