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[ad_1] A fire broke out Monday afternoon at the former residence of the late former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. The Tokyo Fire Department is trying to put out the fire, which has spread across the 800-square-meter two-story wooden residence and a wooded area within the compound. Around 3:20 p.m., there was an emergency call from a man who said that smoke was rising from the house, […]

[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 […]