Abe Indicates Possible Extra Budget following Rain Disaster

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday the government will consider compiling a supplementary budget while examining the damage due to floods and other disasters caused by the recent torrential rain mainly in western Japan. “We’ll respond in an appropriate

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Japan Upper House Passes Casino Bill into Law

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s House of Councillors passed a bill to introduce casino-featuring integrated resorts into law on Friday, ahead of the end of the ongoing parliamentary session on Sunday. The bill was approved by a majority vote at a plenary meeting

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Japan to Allot Extra Bluefin Tuna Catch Quota

July 22, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Fisheries Agency plans to allot an additional catch quota of 373.2 tons to coastal fishers of big bluefin tuna weighing 30 kilograms or more, officials said Friday. The agency explained the plan at a meeting with the ruling

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Damages Claims Nixed for Ex-Fishermen over Bikini Radiation

July 22, 2018

Kochi- Kochi District Court on Friday rejected a claim filed by former Japanese fishermen and bereaved family members for state compensation over records of radiation exposure from 1954 U.S. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific. In the

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Japan to Allow People with Less Damaged Homes into Temporary Housing

July 17, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe revealed on Tuesday a plan to even allow people whose houses were not destroyed or extremely damaged in the latest sediment disasters and floods in western Japan to move into temporary housing. “It’s necessary

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Japan Lower House Panel OKs Bill to Increase Upper House Seats

July 17, 2018

Tokyo- A special committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill to increase the number of seats in the House of Councillors. The Lower House Special Committee on Political Ethics and Election Law passed the bill by

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Japan’s Princess Mako Off to Brazil for Immigration Anniv.

July 17, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Princess Mako left for Brazil on Tuesday to attend ceremonies marking the 110th anniversary of the arrival of first Japanese immigrants in the South American nation. Princess Mako, the first child of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and

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Ruling Allowing Restart of Oi N-Reactors to Become Final

July 17, 2018

Fukui- A high court ruling allowing the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture will become final, with plaintiffs giving up filing an appeal to the Supreme

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