Ex-PM Koizumi Declines to Run for Upper House from Opposition Side
August 7, 2018
Fukuoka- Former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has declined a request to run in next year’s House of Councillors election as a unified candidate of the opposition camp, a former ruling party lawmaker said Monday. The request from Ichiro Ozawa,
Japan Protests Russia’s Reported Fighter Deployment on Disputed Isle
August 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government has lodged a protest with Moscow against Russia’s reported trial deployment of fighter jets on Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands at the center of a territorial dispute between the two countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary
EXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Corporate Pension, Insurance Schemes to Cover More Part-Timers
August 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to allow more part-time workers to join the corporate pension and health insurance schemes, with a view to reinforcing its financial base for Japan’s overall pension and health insurance systems amid the aging of the
Noda Reiterates Eagerness to Run in LDP Leadership Race
August 7, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiko Noda reiterated her eagerness on Monday to run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election in September. Noda, an LDP lawmaker in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the
ARF Statement Seeks N. Korea Denuclearization with Soft Tone
August 7, 2018
Bangkok- Foreign ministers from member states of the ASEAN Regional Forum called on North Korea to denuclearize itself, but with a soft tone, a chairman’s statement to wrap up their weekend meeting showed Monday. The document did not refer to
Japan Transport Ministry to Inspect Yamato Unit on Overbilling
August 6, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s transport ministry is considering conducting on-site inspections into a Tokyo-based subsidiary of Yamato Holdings Co. over the company’s overcharging of moving service fees, it was learned Monday. The inspections will be based on the trucking business law. The
Hibakusha Groups Urge Japan to Ratify Nuke Ban Treaty
August 6, 2018
Hiroshima- Representatives from seven groups of hibakusha atomic bomb survivors, meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, requested that the country sign and ratify a nuclear weapons ban treaty that was adopted at the United Nations in July
3,600 People Still at Shelters One Month after Rain Disaster
August 6, 2018
Okayama/Hiroshima- Some 3,600 people were still at shelters and about 24,000 people remained under evacuation orders on Monday, one month after the first special warnings on torrential rain were issued before a disaster mainly in western Japan. The death toll
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