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- [BUSINESS NEWS]
760,000 new recruits fete first day
As of Feb. 1, a record-low 80 percent of graduating college students had found jobs
(Kyodo News)
An estimated 760,000 new recruits show up for their first day of work across the nation as recall-hit Toyota Motor Corp. and bankrupt Japan Airlines Corp. promise fresh starts to revive their operations and amid an overall slumping employment environment.
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- [NATIONAL NEWS]
Okada hints 'feasible' Futenma option in works
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada says he has told the United States that an undisclosed Japanese proposal for the relocation of the Futenma military base is more feasible than the current plan hammered out in 2006.
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- [NATIONAL NEWS]
In sea change, national doctors' group votes in pro-DPJ candidate
(Kyodo News)
A candidate supporting the Democratic Party of Japan was elected Thursday as president of the Japan Medical Association, defeating the incumbent supporting the Liberal Democratic Party, association officials said.
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- [BUSINESS NEWS]
U.S. to Japan Post: Keep playing field level
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) The United States has urged Japan in an annual trade report to ensure equitable competition between the Japan Post group and private firms, particularly in the insurance sector, reiterating its concerns that the market is dominated by postal life insurance.
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- [JT EDITORIAL]
New START on arms control
It is tempting to dismiss the latest arms control treaty between the United States and Russia as more flash than bang. After all, it leaves thousands of weapons in each country's arsenal, eliminates weapons that both governments would have likely cut anyway and there is no guarantee that either legislature will agree to the deal.
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