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                    [Title] => Japan launches anti-terrorism unit ahead of summit, Olympics
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Japan launched a new counterterrorism unit in an air of secrecy Tuesday, with journalists only allowed to photograph its 24 members from behind.

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A power plant operator said it will restart a reactor in southern Japan on Tuesday, the first restart under new safety requirements following the Fukushima disaster and a milestone for the nation's return to nuclear power.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-10 02:27:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150810/japan-nuclear-power.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1439832 [Title] => Japan extends sanctions against NKorea for 2 more years [Summary] =>

Japan plans to extend its sanctions against North Korea for two more years when they expire April 13 after failing to get promised updates on an investigation into kidnappings of Japanese citizens decades ago, the government spokesman said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-31 12:14:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1302367 [AuthorName] => Elaine Kurtenbach [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416625 [Title] => Japan condemns new video, not yet verifying it's of hostages [Summary] =>

Japanese officials said yesterday they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese hostages it holds.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 02:12:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488730 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1361925 [Title] => Japan ready to offer flu drug for Ebola treatment [Summary] =>

Japan said yesterday it is ready to provide a Japanese-developed anti-influenza drug as a possible treatment for the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-26 05:45:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1344624 [Title] => Japan protests China paper's map of atomic clouds [Summary] =>

Japan protested Wednesday to China over a newspaper's depiction of exploding mushroom clouds in a map of Japan, calling it offensive.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-10 08:17:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140710/china-japan-map-atomic-bomb.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329087 [Title] => Amid Asian feuds, Japan seeks bigger security role [Summary] =>

China's moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea are giving fresh impetus to Japanese plans to play a bigger role in regional security, adding to the growing strains between the two Asian rivals.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-30 08:19:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440305 [AuthorName] => Ken Moritsugu [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140513/china-aggression-south-china-sea.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329079 [Title] => Amid Asian feuds, Japan seeks bigger security role [Summary] =>

China's moves to assert its territorial claims in the South China Sea are giving fresh impetus to Japanese plans to play a bigger role in regional security, adding to the growing strains between the two Asian rivals.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-30 01:07:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1440305 [AuthorName] => Ken Moritsugu [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1326010 [Title] => Japan court rejects startup of 2 nuclear reactors [Summary] =>

A court yesterday refused to let two nuclear reactors restart operations in western Japan, saying their risk assessment is too optimistic and safety measures insufficient despite lessons from the Fukushima disaster.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-22 04:41:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1283556 [Title] => Japan NHK boss under fire for comfort women remark [Summary] =>

Japan's top government spokesman has defended the new head of public television NHK for his remarks that the use of women as military prostitutes was common worldwide during World War II.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-27 11:32:56 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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