Japan Govt Ordered to Pay Damages in Yokota Base Noise Suit

November 30, 2018

Tokyo–Tokyo District Court’s Tachikawa branch on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay a total of 95.6 million yen in compensation to residents living near the Yokota base in western Tokyo over past noise pollution caused by aircraft of the

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Japan Not to Change State Financing of Emperor Rite

November 30, 2018

Tokyo–The Japanese government will not change its plans to use state funds for the coming Daijosai, a key ceremony for the new Emperor, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said Friday. Nishimura was speaking after Prince Akishino, the younger son

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EXCLUSIVE: Brazilian Consul Gets Message from Ghosn to His Family

November 30, 2018

Tokyo–Former Nissan Motor Co. <7201> Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested last week on suspicion of financial misdeed, misses his family and has left a brief message to them, according to Joao de Mendonca, Brazilian consul-general in Tokyo. In an

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JAL Copilot Given 10-Month Jail Term in Britain for Drinking

November 30, 2018

London–A British court sentenced a 42-year-old Japan Airlines <9201> copilot to 10 months in prison without suspension on Thursday over excessive drinking before his flight duty last month. The copilot, Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, endangered the safety of passengers by drinking, a

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Japan’s Oe Picked as Chair of IEA Governing Board

November 30, 2018

Paris–The International Energy Agency on Thursday picked Japanese diplomat Hiroshi Oe as chair of its Governing Board. Oe, currently ambassador at the permanent delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, will be the third Japanese to chair the

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Prince Akishino Sees First Daughter’s Engagement Impossible Now

November 30, 2018

Tokyo–Japanese Prince Akishino has indicated that it is impossible to conduct an engagement ceremony for his first daughter, Princess Mako, 27, and her fiance, Kei Komuro, a commoner of the same age, under the current circumstances. “If the two still

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Prince Akishino Opposes Use of Public Funds for Daijosai Ceremony

November 30, 2018

Tokyo — Japanese Prince Akishino has expressed opposition to the planned use of public funds for Crown Prince Naruhito to hold the Daijosai ceremony after acceding to the throne next year. In the ceremony, a new Emperor prays for the

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Japan Govt Plans to Begin Henoko Landfilling in Mid-Dec.

November 30, 2018

Naha, Okinawa Pref. — The Japanese government is planning to begin landfilling at a planned U.S. military base site in the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa Prefecture as early as mid-December, informed sources said Thursday. The move comes after the

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