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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

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AIDES CONFIRM EXPENSES Abe’s side paid 9.16 million yen for banquets over 5 years November 25, 2020 Aides have contradicted former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s repeated assertion that his fund managing group never paid funds for annual banquets held for his constituents at swanky hotels in Tokyo, sources said.
COSTS BOUND TO RISE Aegis Ashore stand-in would be most costly MSDF system yet November 25, 2020 A partial estimate for an alternative to the land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense system abruptly scrapped this summer came up with a minimum figure of 190 billion yen ($1.8 billion).

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