16 Nations Strike 2 More RCEP Deals
July 29, 2018
Bangkok- Sixteen economies, including Japan, China and 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, concluded negotiations in two more areas covered by the envisaged Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade agreement. Negotiators from the Asia-Oceania countries struck deals
Bribes Given to Arrested Education Ministry Exec Include Taxi Tickets
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- Kazuaki Kawabata, an education and science ministry official arrested by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Thursday for alleged bribe-taking, is suspected of receiving taxi tickets, in addition to being wined and dined, informed sources said Saturday. The
2 Years to Go: 110,000 Tokyo Games Volunteers Need to Be Secured Only in 4 Months
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- With only two years to go before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, the organizing committee of the games and the Tokyo metropolitan government are moving ahead with preparations to secure the some 110,000 volunteers needed for the quadrennial
Typhoon to Make Landfall in Japan on Weekend
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- Strong Typhoon Jongdari is forecast to make landfall somewhere between central and western Japan from Saturday night to early Sunday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Friday. The 12th typhoon of the year may rip through western Japan, hit
Window Drops off U.S. Chopper Just after Takeoff from Base Near Tokyo
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- A window dropped off a U.S. Navy helicopter just after its takeoff from a military base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Friday, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. According to the ministry, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force member
Fukushima Students Thank Taiwan for Reconstruction Aid
July 29, 2018
Taipei- Junior high and high school students from Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, visited a junior high school in Taipei on Friday to offer thanks for Taiwan’s reconstruction support after the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. The three Japanese
Japan Flood Damage Totals 531 B. Yen in 2017
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- Damage caused by floods in Japan in 2017 amounted to 531 billion yen, the second-highest level in the past decade, according to provisional data released by the land ministry on Friday. The highest figure in the past 10 years
Japan to Host Africa Development Conference in August 2019
July 29, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government said Friday it will hold the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD VII, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Aug. 28-30, 2019. “Through both public and private efforts, we will powerfully
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