China Aims to Double Farm Trade with Japan, S. Korea

November 10, 2018

Beijing–Chinese agriculture minister Han Changfu expressed his country’s hopes on Saturday to double farm product trade with Japan and South Korea to 30 billion dollars or more over the next 10 years. China apparently aims to promote free trade in

READ MORE

S. Korean Plaintiffs Not “Requisitioned Workers”: Japan

November 10, 2018

Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has unified the term it uses to describe South Korean plaintiffs seeking compensation for wartime labor from a Japanese steelmaker as “workers from the Korean Peninsula,” switching from the previously used “requisitioned civilian

READ MORE

EXCLUSIVE: Electric Wheelchair Accidents Surge at Rail Crossings

November 10, 2018

Tokyo–Following a surge in the number of fatal accidents involving electric wheelchairs stuck at rail crossings, the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has started an investigation, Jiji Press learned Saturday. The move came as the death toll from such

READ MORE

47 Japanese Confirmed Safe after Floods in Jordan

November 10, 2018

Jerusalem–The Japanese embassy in Amman confirmed on Friday the safety of 45 Japanese tourists on a group tour and two tour guides after flash floods hit Wadi Musa in southern Jordan, home to Petra ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage site,

READ MORE

Atomic Bombing Exhibition Opens in Belgian Battle City

November 10, 2018

Ypres, Belgium–An exhibition themed on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki began on Friday in Ypres, western Belgium, a site of gas warfare during World War I. The exhibition, which opened ahead of the centennial on Sunday of

READ MORE

Japanese Icebreaker Shirase Leaves for Antarctica

November 10, 2018

Tokyo–The Maritime Self-Defence Force’s Shirase icebreaker left Tokyo’s Harumi pier for Antarctica on Saturday to transport freight for the Japan’s 60th Antarctic expedition team. With most members of the team getting on board in Australia on Nov. 26, the Shirase

READ MORE

Japan, China Agree to Start Regular Talks on Food Safety

November 10, 2018

Beijing–Japan and China on Friday agreed to start regular meetings of minister-class officials mainly on food safety. The agreement was reached at a meeting in Beijing between visiting Japanese agriculture minister Takamori Yoshikawa and Ni Yuefeng, minister of China’s General

READ MORE

Nippon TV to Report on Alleged Fabrication of Lao Festival

November 10, 2018

Tokyo–A Japanese media watchdog decided Friday to demand Nippon Television Network Corp. make a report in response to allegations that it had fabricated a Lao festival in a popular variety show broadcast in May. “We’ll also check the broadcast images,”

READ MORE