S. Korea Coast Guard Demands Japan Fishing Boat’s Operation Halt
November 22, 2018
Niigata–A Japan Coast Guard regional headquarters said Wednesday that a patrol ship from South Korea’s coast guard issued a demand to a Japanese fishing boat in Japan’s exclusive economic zone on Tuesday night that it stop operations and move to
Central, Local Govts Apart over Costs for Free Preschool Program
November 22, 2018
Tokyo–The Japanese central and local governments remained apart on Wednesday over the costs for covering a state program to make preschool education and nursing services free of charge, which is slated to start in October 2019. At a meeting between
Japan Protests S. Korea’s Decision over Comfort Women Foundation
November 22, 2018
Tokyo–The Japanese government on Wednesday protested to South Korea over its announcement the same day of a decision to dissolve a foundation to support former Korean “comfort women,” which was set up based on a 2015 landmark bilateral accord. Tokyo
Philippines, Japan sign exchange of notes on two projects
November 21, 2018
The Philippines and Japan on Wednesday signed the exchange of notes on about 206 billion yen in concessional loans for the North-South Commuter Railway and Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improve projects. During the 6th Philippine-Japan High Level Joint Committee on Infrastructure
Japanese Lawmakers Rebuke S. Korean Politicians’ Takeshima Landing
November 21, 2018
Tokyo–A suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers adopted on Wednesday a special resolution expressing their “strong anger” over 13 South Korean lawmakers’ landing on Sea of Japan islands disputed by the two countries late last month. While protesting the landing, the
Japanese Minister Apologizes for Immigration Law-Linked Survey Errors
November 21, 2018
Tokyo–Japanese Justice Minister Takashi Yamashita apologized for errors in a government survey on missing foreign job trainees, at a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday. “I offer a heartfelt apology as a person responsible for legal administration,” Yamashita said at the
Arrested Carlos Ghosn Was Planning Nissan-Renault Merger: FT
November 21, 2018
New York/Paris–Nissan Motor Co. <7201> Chairman Carlos Ghosn was planning a merger between the Japanese automaker and its French alliance partner, Renault SA, before he was arrested by Japanese authorities on Monday, the Financial Times has reported. Ghosn saw the
Tokyo Eyes Ordinance to Ban Physical Punishment by Parents
November 21, 2018
Tokyo–The Tokyo metropolitan government plans to introduce an ordinance against child abuse that will ban parents from using physical punishment as a means of discipline, officials said Wednesday. Tokyo will be the first among the country’s 47 prefectures to enact
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