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Abe says not aware of survey flaws before govt adopts budget

January 30, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday that he was not aware of labor survey irregularities before his government adopted an annual budget plan late last year. Speaking at the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s

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Abe refuses to dismiss labor min. over statistics debacle

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday rejected a demand to dismiss labor minister Takumi Nemoto to hold him responsible for survey flaws at the labor ministry. “We’ll fulfill our political responsibility by doing our utmost to take preventive measures,”

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Hosono to join LDP faction led by heavyweight Nikai

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–Independent House of Representatives lawmaker Goshi Hosono will join a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai as a special member, a senior faction official said Tuesday. The planned move is expected to be approved at a faction

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Japan labor ministry corrects explanation about hearings

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s labor ministry on Tuesday corrected the number of officials who were directly interviewed by members of a third-party panel investigating irregularities in a monthly survey. The number was actually 12, not the 20 reported by Yumiko Jozuka, head of

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Japan’s economic expansion may have reached longest in postwar period

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–Japan’s economy may have marked its 74th consecutive month of expansion in January, the longest since the end of World War II, the government said Tuesday. The government sees that the current expansionary period, which started in December 2012, exceeded

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BOJ fiercely divided over rate cuts amid 2008 financial crisis: minutes

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–The Bank of Japan was fiercely divided over interest rate cuts at policy meetings amid the 2008 financial crisis, according to detailed minutes of the meetings, released on Tuesday.  The minutes show that then BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa was keen

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Letters with suspected cyanide sent to newspapers, drug makers

January 29, 2019

Tokyo–Threatening letters with white powders suspected to be potassium cyanide were sent to a number of companies in Japan around late last week, police sources have said. The letters include those delivered to the Tokyo headquarters of major daily publishers

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Japan’s Motegi vows to overcome protectionism

January 28, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Toshimitsu Motegi vowed Monday to put all his strength into overcoming challenges standing in the way of his country’s economy, including protectionism. In an economic policy speech to both chambers of the Diet, Japan’s

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