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FEB. 12 MEANS JAN. 22 Diet testimony retracted to match Abe’s retirement policy February 20, 2020 A National Personnel Authority (NPA) official retracted her Diet testimony, prompting opposition lawmakers to accuse the Abe administration of forcing officials to support its “impractical” explanation for extending the career of a friendly prosecutor.
'A MIRACLE FOR ME' Rikako Ikee gives 1st interview after embarking on leukemia fight February 20, 2020 At times shedding tears, Japanese swimming superstar Rikako Ikee talked about the difficultly of undergoing treatment for acute lymphatic leukemia in her first broadcast interview since she was diagnosed in February last year.

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