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[ad_1] Data storage media that prosecutors seized when searching offices of arrested lawmaker Yoshitaka Ikeda were found to have been damaged, sources said Monday.The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office believes that Ikeda or his staff damaged the storage media in an attempt to destroy evidence.Ikeda, 57, a member of the House of Representatives, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of violating the political funds control law. […]

[ad_1] Washington's stance and policies on Taiwan are unlikely to change significantly regardless of who wins the island’s presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, a former director of the United States’ de facto embassy in Taiwan has told The Japan Times.Douglas H. Paal, who headed the American Institute of Taiwan (AIT) from 2002 to 2006, said in an interview that, regardless of whether the ruling Democratic People's Party (DPP), the […]

[ad_1] One week since the New Year's Day earthquake rocked Ishikawa Prefecture, the Meteorological Agency on Monday warned of the possibility of powerful quakes continuing to hit the area over the next month, while the number of missing more than tripled.Authorities said the number of people in the prefecture whose safety had yet to be confirmed had surged from 103 to 323. However, the prefecture was casting a wide net […]