Kono complains about reversal of WTO Ruling on Korea
May 23, 2019
Paris–Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono complained Wednesday about the recent reversal of a ruling on South Korea’s import ban on Japanese fishery products by the World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body. In talks in Paris, Kono told WTO Director-General Robert Azevedo
Japan to accept more refugees under resettlement program
May 23, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government said Wednesday it will increase from fiscal 2020 the number of refugees it accepts under a program allowing those fleeing their nations to resettle in a third country. The government will ease its criteria for accepting refugees
Japan on high alert ahead of Trump’s 4-day visit from Saturday
May 23, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government is making full-fledged preparations to receive U.S. President Donald Trump as a state guest from Saturday, with the Tokyo metropolitan area on high alert for terror attacks and other emergencies. A ban has been issued for drone
Global warming blamed for last year’s boiling heat in Japan
May 23, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s extreme heat wave last July was caused by the impact of global warming, a research team said Wednesday. An article about the team’s research was published in a journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. The team of researchers
1,000-Yen congestion surcharge eyed during Tokyo Olympic
May 22, 2019
Tokyo–The transport ministry, the Tokyo metropolitan government and other authorities are considering a 1,000-yen congestion surcharge for some sections of the metropolitan expressway network during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, informed sources said Wednesday. The expressways subject to the
Government to support Japanese sentenced for spying in China: Suga
May 22, 2019
Tokyo–The government will do its utmost to support a Japanese man sentenced in China for espionage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. “We’ll give as much assistance as possible from the perspective of protecting Japanese nationals,” Suga told a
Man arrested for allegedly shining laser beam at U.S. Aircraft
May 22, 2019
Tokyo–Tokyo police have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly pointing a laser beam at U.S. military aircraft stationed at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, western Tokyo, it was learned Wednesday. The Metropolitan Police Department suspects that Yoshinori Shigekawa from Akiruno,
Empress Masako performs official duty without Emperor
May 22, 2019
Tokyo, May 22 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Empress Masako attended an annual convention of the Japanese Red Cross Society in Tokyo on Wednesday, performing her first official duty without her husband, Emperor Naruhito, since he ascended the throne on May 1. The
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