Request for End of Ghosn’s Detention Rejected
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–Tokyo District Court decided Wednesday to turn down a lawyer request for ending the detention of former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn over alleged aggravated breach of trust for transferring his private losses to the Japanese automaker. Appearing in
Japan to Seek Bilateral Talks with S. Korea on Wartime Labor
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–Japan will shortly ask South Korea to hold bilateral talks on the issue of wartime labor, under a 1965 bilateral agreement on claims and property, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. Suga made the remark at a meeting of
Japan Aiming to Buy Island for U.S. Military Practice by March
January 9, 2019
Tokyo, Jan. 9 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is planning to buy a southwestern island, regarded as a candidate U.S. military training site, from the landowner’s side by the March end of this fiscal year, government sources said Wednesday. According to
Abe Leaves for Netherlands, Britain
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo on Wednesday morning to visit the Netherlands and Britain, planning to urge his British counterpart, Theresa May, to avoid a no-deal Brexit. “I will firmly convey Japan’s thoughts” about Britain’s looming exit from
Heisei in Perspective: Smoking Rate Declining in Japan
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–The proportion of smokers is dropping in Japan, with the figure in 2018 down by half from the 36 pct level when the current Heisei era began in 1989. Japan Tobacco Inc. attributed the decline to increasing health awareness, an
World Bank Cuts Global Growth Estimates amid Trade Tensions
January 9, 2019
Washington–The World Bank, in a report released on Tuesday, cut its global economic growth estimate for 2019 to 2.9 pct from the June projection of 3.0 pct, warning that “downside risks have become more acute.” The World Bank also revised
Ghosn’s Defense Team Calls for Ending Detention
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s defense team on Tuesday requested Tokyo District Court to end his detention. In a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, Ghosn’s chief lawyer Motonari Otsuru asserted the innocence
Japan to Give 3.1 B. Yen for Rwanda Water Services
January 9, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday agreed with Rwandan President Paul Kagame to provide up to 3,191 million yen in aid to help the African country build water supply facilities. During their meeting at the prime minister’s office in
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