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EDITORIAL Revise SOFA now so Japan can get access to bases if a spill occurs June 6, 2020 On-site investigations by Japanese officials into a massive leak of potentially toxic material from a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture highlighted many problems concerning environmental accidents within U.S. facilities, despite being touted by the government as “progress.”
FOR PATENT ROYALTIES Nobel laureate Honjo to sue Osaka drug firm for 22 billion yen June 6, 2020 Nobel laureate Tasuku Honjo announced June 5 he is taking legal action against Ono Pharmaceutical Co. this month to seek 22.6 billion yen ($207 million) in patent royalties concerning the Opdivo cancer treatment drug.

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: Fertility rate drops to 1.36 in 2019, down from 1.42 in 2018
: Tokyo confirms 26 new COVID-19 cases, 6th day of double-digit tally
: Nobel laureate Honjo to sue Osaka drug firm for 22 billion yen

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