Japan Eyes Online Voting for Expatriates
August 10, 2018
Tokyo- A government panel said Friday that it is feasible to introduce an online voting system for Japanese expatriates in national elections. Technical hurdles concerning voter identification can be overcome with the use of the My Number ID cards, according
Japan-U.S. Trade Talks to Extend to 2nd Day
August 10, 2018
Washington- Japan and the United States decided to extend their minister-level trade talks, which started in Washington on Thursday, to a second day in hope of reducing gaps in their positions. The discussion between Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Toshimitsu Motegi
Tokyo Wary of Implications of Onaga’s Death for Okinawa Election
August 10, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling Liberal Democratic Party have grown worried about the possible implications of Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga’s death from cancer on Wednesday for the forthcoming election to pick his successor. The gubernatorial election in Okinawa Prefecture was
Large Hydrogen Plant to Be Built in Fukushima
August 10, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization and others said Thursday they have started construction of one of the world’s largest hydrogen plants in Fukushima Prefecture. The others are Toshiba Corp.’s Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp. unit,
Okinawa to Proceed with Late Governor’s Move to Block U.S. Base Construction
August 10, 2018
Naha, Okinawa Pref.- The Okinawa prefectural government held a hearing with local Defense Ministry officials on Thursday over its plan, announced by the late Governor Takeshi Onaga, to revoke its permission for land reclamation for the construction of a U.S.
Japan’s Princess Aiko Returns from Eton Summer Schoo
August 10, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Princess Aiko returned home on Thursday from summer school at Eton College in Britain. Asked by reporters about impressions of her stay in Britain, the princess, 16, smiled and said that it was fun. The princess, the only
Hibakusha Groups Urge Abe to Sign Nuke Ban Treaty
August 10, 2018
Nagasaki- Hibakusha atomic bomb survivors in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Thursday urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to sign a nuclear weapons ban treaty adopted at the United Nations last year. In their meeting in the city of Nagasaki, five
Kono Seeks Guterres Initiative on UNSC Reform
August 9, 2018
Nagasaki- Meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Nagasaki Thursday, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono called for Guterres’ initiative in reforming the U.N. Security Council. “There is a pressing need to overhaul the Security Council,” Kono told the U.N. chief,
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