Japan Aims to Bring Back Tourists to Typhoon-Hit Kansai

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Tourism Agency said Tuesday that it will start a project to bring back foreign tourists to the Kansai western Japan region, which was damaged by a violent typhoon earlier this month. The public and private sectors will work

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75 Pct of Firms in Japan Not Planning to OK Side Jobs: Survey

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- About three-quarters of companies in Japan have no plans to allow their employees to have side jobs despite government efforts to promote such working practice, a survey has shown. The survey by the government-funded Japan Institute for Labor Policy

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Japan Defense Ministry to Boost Air Surveillance Capacity

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- The Defense Ministry has decided to upgrade the Air Self-Defense Force’s Airborne Warning and Control Group to enhance its surveillance activities in the airspace surrounding Japan. The ministry included expenses for the organizational change in its budget request for

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Quake-Hit Schools Resume Classes in Hokkaido Towns

September 18, 2018

Mukawa, Hokkaido- Twelve elementary, junior high and high schools in the towns of Atsuma, Mukawa and Abira in Hokkaido resumed classes on Tuesday after closing due to the Sept. 6 earthquake that rocked the northern Japan prefecture. Some 1,070 students

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Possible to Use Aegis Ashore to Hit Guam-Bound Missile: Suga

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- Japan would be legally able to use the planned Aegis Ashore missile defense system to intercept a North Korean ballistic missile flying toward the U.S. territory of Guam, a government official said Tuesday. Japan’s national security legislation allows the

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Train Services to Kansai Airport Resume 2 Weeks after Typhoon

September 18, 2018

Izumisano, Osaka Pref.- The railway on the bridge connecting Kansai International Airport on an artificial island in western Japan and the mainland went back into operations Tuesday, two weeks after a powerful typhoon caused a tanker to crash into the

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Abe Eyes No Penalty on LDP Lawmaker under Fire over LGBT Gaffe

September 18, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated that it is not necessary to penalize ruling party lawmaker Mio Sugita, who has come under fire over her recent gaffe on sexual minorities. “Because she is still young, I want her

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Japan Prime Minister Abe sends message of condolences to typhoon victims

September 18, 2018

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent condolences to the victims of the typhoon that struck northern Philippines on Saturday. In a message to President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Abe said Japan stands “ready to provide maximum possible assistance, including provision of

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