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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: N. Korea sends top official to China
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Ri Su Yong, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is seen inside a vehicle after arriving in Beijing on May 31, 2016. During a surprise visit to the Chinese capital, seen as a potential sign of Pyongyang's latest attempt to mend fences with its most important ally, Ri is expected to brief Chinese officials on the results of the party's congress, which was held for the first time in 36 years. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: N. Korea sends top official to China
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Ri Su Yong, vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is to leave Pyongyang's international airport for Beijing on May 31, 2016. During a surprise visit to the Chinese capital, seen as a potential sign of Pyongyang's latest attempt to mend fences with its most important ally, Ri is expected to brief Chinese officials on the results of the party's congress, which was held for the first time in 36 years. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: N. Korea sends top official to China
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Ri Su Yong (C), vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea, is to leave Pyongyang's international airport for Beijing on May 31, 2016. During a surprise visit to the Chinese capital, seen as a potential sign of Pyongyang's latest attempt to mend fences with its most important ally, Ri is expected to brief Chinese officials on the results of the party's congress, which was held for the first time in 36 years. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Finance Minister Aso at press conference
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Finance Minister Taro Aso attends a press conference in Tokyo on May 31, 2016. Aso said he will accept a final decision by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to postpone a consumption tax hike, although he had initially opposed the plan. (Kyodo)
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941K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: "Confession" expected to prove innocence of Teigin suspect
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Sumio Hamada (C), professor emeritus at Nara Women's University, addresses a meeting of those working to exonerate a late death row inmate involved in the "Teigin" mass-poisoning case in Tokyo on May 28, 2016. Hamada said the interrogation records of Sadamichi Hirasawa show he lacked awareness of the crime, proving his innocence. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Opposition parties to submit no-confidence motion against Abe
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Katsuya Okada (standing), leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, addresses an extraordinary meeting of the party's senior lawmakers at the Diet in Tokyo on May 31, 2016. Four opposition parties will jointly submit a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet later in the day, arguing the government's economic policies, dubbed "Abenomics," have failed in light of Abe's decision to postpone the planned consumption tax hike. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Comfort women foundation committee begins talks
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The first round of talks begins in Seoul on May 31, 2016, for preparatory work to establish a foundation to help improve the lives of aging Korean comfort women, who were forced into wartime brothels for the Japanese military. Japan promised to provide one billion yen to help establish the foundation, following a landmark bilateral deal to resolve the comfort women issue. (Kyodo)
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643K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Abe, Aso at Cabinet meeting
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Finance Minister Taro Aso chat before a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on May 31, 2016. During their meeting the previous night, Aso accepted Abe's plan to postpone a consumption tax hike by two and a half years from April 2017. Aso had initially opposed the postponement. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Abe attends government's taskforce on nuclear disaster
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) addresses a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disaster at his office in Tokyo on May 31, 2016, as it agreed to lift the evacuation orders for three municipalities, issued in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Abe pledged to provide strengthened support to the three. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Abe attends government's taskforce on nuclear disaster
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) addresses a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disaster at his office in Tokyo on May 31, 2016, as it agreed to lift the evacuation orders for three municipalities, issued in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Abe pledged to provide strengthened support to the three. (Kyodo)
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700K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Ex-baseball star Kiyohara to receive sentence for drug use
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People line up at Tokyo's Hibiya Park to draw tickets for attending a trial on retired baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara at the nearby Tokyo District Court on May 31, 2016. The court will later in the day sentence the 48-year-old, who pleaded guilty to possession and use of illegal drugs and faced a 30-month imprisonment demand. (Kyodo)
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Date: 2016-05-31
Title: N Korea fires missile, launch appears to have failed
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Photo taken in October 2015 shows North Korea's intermediate-range Musudan ballistic missiles displayed during a military parade. It was reported on May 31, 2016, that Pyongyang fired a missile, possibly a Musudan, but the launch appears to have failed. (Kyodo)
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689K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Ex-baseball star Kiyohara to receive sentence for drug use
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People line up at Tokyo's Hibiya Park to draw tickets for attending a trial on retired baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara at the nearby Tokyo District Court on May 31, 2016. The court will later in the day sentence the 48-year-old, who pleaded guilty to possession and use of illegal drugs and faced a 30-month imprisonment demand. (Kyodo)
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816K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Panasonic to withdraw from TV liquid crystal panel production
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File photo taken in May 2010 shows Panasonic Corp.'s Himeji factory in western Japan, the company's production base of liquid crystal panel for television. It was reported on May 31, 2016, that Panasonic will withdraw from LCD production amid intensified competitions with foreign rivals. (Kyodo)
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719K
Date: 2016-05-31
Title: Ex-baseball star Kiyohara to receive sentence for drug use
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People line up at Tokyo's Hibiya Park to draw tickets for attending a trial on retired baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara at the nearby Tokyo District Court on May 31, 2016. The court will later in the day sentence the 48-year-old, who pleaded guilty to possession and use of illegal drugs and faced a 30-month imprisonment demand. (Kyodo)
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