Sep. 21, 2018: Over the moon, dead cops, all hail Abe, least popular city and Japan Yesterday.

In this week’s news from Japan Today: A Japanese billionaire will be the first private citizen to travel around the moon with Space X; another policeman killed at a community police station; Shinzo Abe is set to become Japan’s longest serving prime minister; Japan’s least popular city and Japan Yesterday looks at that time U.S. president and Civil War general Ulysses S. Grant visited with Emperor Meiji.

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This weeks stories:
Over the Moon — https://japantoday.com/category/national/SpaceX-says-Japanese-billionaire-Maezawa-will-be-1st-private-passenger-on-rocket-trip-around-the-moon

Dead Cops — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/police-officer-in-koban-stabbed-to-death-in-sendai-attacker-shot-dead

All Hail Abe! — https://japantoday.com/category/politics/Abe-re-elected-LDP-leader-setting-stage-to-become-Japan’s-longest-serving-PM

Least Popular City — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/what%E2%80%99s-japan%E2%80%99s-least-appealing-big-city-and-why-did-it-get-stuck-with-that-title

Japan Yesterday — https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/american-president-ulysses-s-grant-talks-peace-in-meiji-era-japan

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