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,”
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
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
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
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
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
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
Emperor Akihito speaks at ordinary diet session ceremony
January 28, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s Emperor Akihito gave a speech at the opening ceremony for the ordinary session of the Diet, the country’s parliament, on Monday. The ceremony for the 198th Diet session was the last of its kind for Emperor Akihito to deliver
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