INTERVIEW: Ethiopia wants Japanese contributions to Africa economy
May 29, 2019
Tokyo–Japan can make great contributions to economic development in Africa as it did in Asia, Ethiopian Trade and Industry Minister Fetlework Gebregziabher said in a recent interview with Jiji Press. Gebregziabher called for Japanese companies to invest in labor-intensive industries,
EXCLUSIVE: Japan eyeing traffic restriction near Tokyo Games venues
May 29, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s transport ministry, the Tokyo metropolitan government and other parties concerned are considering making private parking lots near the competition venues of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics reservation-only and restricting vehicles without such reservations from using ordinary roads near
David wins Grand Fukuoka Prize for 2019
May 29, 2019
Professor Randolf David of the University of the Philippines won the Grand Prize of the Fukuoka Prize, the Japanese Embassy announced Wednesday. The 73-year-old David, who is a columnist of the Philippine Daily Inquirer is the first Filipino to win
INTERVIEW: Japan to lead efforts to rebuild G-20 cooperation
May 25, 2019
Tokyo–Japan will lead efforts to rebuild international cooperation hurt chiefly by the escalating U.S.-China trade war at a Group of 20 meeting in early June, a government official has indicated. Tokyo hopes to adopt a joint statement featuring policy coordination
Pair of yubari melons fetch record 5 M. Yen
May 24, 2019
Sapporo–A pair of Yubari melons sold for an all-time high of 5 million yen in this season’s first auction at the wholesale market in Sapporo, Hokkaido, northernmost Japan, on Friday. The price substantially surpassed the previous record of 3.2 million
Tomei Expressway to mark 50 years of full opening
May 22, 2019
Tokyo–The 347-kilometer Tomei Expressway, running through a key business corridor between Tokyo and Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, is set to mark on Sunday the 50th anniversary of its full opening in 1969. It has supported the growth and development of
Japan agency to call for family names to come first in Roman script
May 22, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency will shortly issue a notice calling for Japanese people’s names to be described in order of last name and then first name when rendered in Roman script, education minister Masahiko Shibayama said Tuesday. The notice will
Nearly 90 percent positive about New Era Name: Jiji Poll
May 18, 2019
Tokyo–As many as 88.9 pct of people in Japan expressed positive feelings toward the country’s new era name Reiwa in May, even higher than last month, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed. The survey, conducted for four days through Monday,
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