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(Reuters) -U.S. aviation safety officials will provide assistance to Japan in the reading of airplane recorders after a deadly collision between a Japan Airlines widebody jet and a small Coast Guard plane this week. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters Japan had sought assistance with the Honeywell-manufactured recorders. “We will help on …

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By Neil Jerome Morales and Mikhail Flores MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine inflation slowed to its weakest in nearly two years in December but full-year readings remained outside the central bank’s target zone, diminishing chances of near-term rate cuts. The central bank did not waver on Friday from its stance in early December that policy settings …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has underscored the country’s exposure to natural disasters, casting fresh doubt over a push to bring its nuclear capacity back online. Nuclear power plants dot the coast of mountainous Japan, which is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location …

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport began clearing the charred wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane from a runway on Friday, as investigators sought further clues to what caused the deadly accident. The JAL Airbus A350 collided with a Japanese Coast Guard turboprop on the runway while landing in Tokyo on Tuesday. All …

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By Nobuhiro Kubo TOKYO (Reuters) -A Coast Guard plane was making its third emergency trip to an earthquake zone within 24 hours when it collided with a passenger jet at a very busy Haneda airport, a Coast Guard official told Reuters. The official declined to be named due to an ongoing investigation into the runway …

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By Ruma Paul and Sudipto Ganguly DHAKA (Reuters) -Utility poles across Bangladesh are festooned with campaign flyers carrying pictures of general election candidates, most of them from the ruling party, as an opposition boycott looks set to usher Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to a fourth straight term. Rights groups warn the country of 170 million …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s December service activity expanded at a faster pace from the previous month thanks to strong demand and a lift in confidence even though the overall growth rate was modest, a business survey showed on Friday. The service sector has been a bright spot for the world’s third-largest economy, marking 16 consecutive …

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