Japan to cancel SDF destroyer’s Busan port call
January 28, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government is considering canceling a plan to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Izumo destroyer call at Busan, South Korea, in April amid deteriorating relations between the two countries over the radar lock-on incident and subsequent developments, informed sources
Plastic waste on Pacific likely to double by 2030: survey
January 24, 2019
Tokyo–The amount of microscopic plastic waste floating on the surface of the Pacific Ocean is expected to increase about twofold by 2030 from the 2016 level and about fourfold by 2060, a survey by a team of Japanese institutions has
Top SDF Officer calls on S. Korea to be cool-headed
January 24, 2019
Tokyo–The top uniformed officer of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces called on South Korea on Thursday to be cool-headed over a recent Sea of Japan incident involving a Japanese patrol airplane and a South Korean warship. The call from Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano,
Japan to compensate for jobless benefit shortfalls from March
January 24, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese labor minister Takumi Nemoto said Thursday that the government will pay from March compensation to current recipients of jobless and other benefits for shortfalls caused by a flawed monthly labor survey. At issue is a change that the ministry
Two opposition parties to form parliamentary alliance
January 24, 2019
Tokyo–Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the Democratic Party for the People, and Liberal Party leader Ichiro Ozawa agreed Thursday to form a parliamentary alliance between the two opposition parties in both chambers of Japan’s parliament. The party leaders also reached an
Abe asks world biz leaders to look forward to future of Japan
January 24, 2019
Davos, Switzerland–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday asked world business leaders to look forward to the future of the Japanese economy. He made the request at a meeting with Stephen Schwarzman, chief executive officer of U.S. investment firm Blackstone,
Japan adopts program to raise cybersecurity awareness
January 24, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government adopted Thursday a program aimed at enhancing people’s awareness about cybersecurity and strengthening efforts to avoid falling victim to cybercrimes. It was adopted at a meeting of the government’s Cyber Security Strategy Headquarters, headed by Chief Cabinet
Abe makes sales pitch for Fukushima sake at Davos
January 24, 2019
Davos, Switzerland–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday made a sales pitch for sake produced in Fukushima Prefecture on the sidelines of the ongoing World Economic Forum annual meeting. In the Japan Night event in Davos, Abe advertised “Yamato no
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