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                    [Title] => Cold snap hits east Asia, blamed for more than 60 deaths
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Unusually cold weather in eastern Asia has been blamed for more than 60 deaths, disrupting transportation and bringing the first snow to a subtropical city in southern China in almost 50 years. 

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-25 05:29:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1506309 [Title] => Nuclear-powered carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Japan [Summary] =>

The American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked at its new home in Japan's Yokosuka naval port yesterday just as Tokyo tries to deepen defense ties with the US under new security laws that expand the role of Japan's military.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-01 12:00:21 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1429973 [Title] => World's oldest person celebrates a day before turning 117 [Summary] =>

 The world's oldest person says 117 years doesn't seem like such a long time.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-04 16:12:16 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/News-Feature/20150304/oldest-woman-main.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1421518 [Title] => Majority says Japan's Middle East aid should be non-military: poll [Summary] =>

A latest poll result showed that 57.9 percent of respondents in Japan think the country's aid for the Middle East countries should be limited to non-military, local media reported.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-08 12:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1416639 [Title] => Japan says latest IS hostage video 'likely authentic' [Summary] =>

Japanese top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said Sunday that the latest video suggesting a Japanese hostage held by the Islamic State (IS) militants was killed is likely authentic, adding that Japan is still analyzing whether the clip was posted by the IS.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-25 14:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1402629 [Title] => Voting in general election starts across Japan [Summary] =>

Voting for Japan's House of Representatives, or the lower house in its bicameral parliament, started at 7 a.m. local time in more than 48,000 polling stations across the nation, with 1,191 candidates running for 475 seats in the powerful chamber.

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The head of Japan's Asian Games delegation will be severely reprimanded over the theft of a camera by swimmer Naoya Tomita.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-09 11:51:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1336190 [Title] => Visa-free soon? Japan eases visa requirements for Pinoys [Summary] =>

Saying it is an initial step for a possible visa-free policy, the Japanese government will implement "substantial" relaxation of visa requirements for nationals of Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-18 09:17:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473499 [AuthorName] => Louis Bacani [SectionName] => Pinoy Worldwide [SectionUrl] => pinoy-worldwide [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140618/japan-visa-free-filipinos.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1313359 [Title] => 'Visa-free access to Japan may happen anytime soon' [Summary] =>

Citing Japanese officials, Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel Lopez confirmed that Japan's grant of a visa-free privilege to Filipinos is in the works.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-16 17:06:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212169 [AuthorName] => Camille Diola [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140416/Tokyo-Tower-Minato-Tokyo.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1312927 [Title] => Japan plans to waive visas for Filipino tourists - report [Summary] =>

The Japanese government and the ruling political coalition are reportedly "making arrangements" to lift the visa requirement for tourists from the Philippines.

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