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SKYTREE PASSES TEST 70 government buildings may have faulty quake equipmentOctober 20, 2018 All anti-earthquake oil dampers installed at Tokyo Skytree meet government safety standards, but the same cannot be said for 70 government buildings around Japan.
EDITORIAL Time for Japan to lose its plastic dependency and save the oceansOctober 20, 2018 The Environment Ministry has worked out a draft proposal to reduce plastic waste focused on recycling and cutting usage of single-use plastic products.

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