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Politics › DPJ candidates lead in polls prior to Kanagawa, Shizuoka by-elections

Monday 19th October, 03:45 AM JST TOKYO — Candidates running on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket are holding leads ahead of by-elections in Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures slated for Dec 25, according to Kyodo News’...

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DPJ candidates lead in pre-by-election polls in Kanagawa, Shizuoka

Candidates running on the Democratic Party of Japan ticket are holding the lead ahead of the by-elections slated for Dec. 25 in Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, according to Kyodo News' latest telephone polls conducted Friday...

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Public servants face pay, bonus cuts

Employees of all 47 prefectural governments will see their annual income decline in the current fiscal year, as local personnel commissions have called for wage cuts, a Kyodo News survey showed Friday...

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Aso fate rides on Tokyo showdown

The election campaign for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly that kicked off Friday is the preliminary battle for the looming Lower House election and could determine the fate of Prime Minister Taro Aso... Read more . . .

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Shizuoka race lights up national landscape

SHIZUOKA (Kyodo) Electing a governor in Shizuoka is normally regarded as just another local race, but campaigning this time around is feeling a lot more heated with national analysts touting it as a... Read more . . .

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Jazz meets literature in concert

Three Japanese artists living in Berlin, together with a French musician, will stage two performances in Yokohama featuring music, dance and readings to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the city's port. The three...

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Commentary › What to do with all the regional airports

TOKYO — Japan’s 98th airport opened recently in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka despite the severe business climate, exemplified by the global recession and a drastic decline in passenger demand following the outbreak...

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Japan PM allies seek to rein in party ahead of poll (Reuters)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso's allies called for unity in the fractious ruling party on Tuesday in an effort to head off moves to oust the unpopular leader ahead of a general election the ruling bloc looks...

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[Chemistry] Molecular Recognition and Self-Assembly Special Feature: Encapsulated-guest rotation...

aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan; cPRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan Edited by Julius...

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China rejects prefecture copyrights

Chinese trademark authorities, responding to a request from Tokyo, have decided to reject applications to register eight prefectural names in Japan as brands for agricultural and other products, the... Read more . . .

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