Toyota to recall 20,000 vehicles for Takata air bags
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Toyota Motor Co. informed Japan’s transport ministry on Wednesday of plans to recall a total of 20,945 vehicles of 21 models, including the Vitz compact, due to old-type defective air bags of Takata Corp. According to the ministry, the air
Abe eager to promote casino introduction despite scandal
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his eagerness on Wednesday to go ahead with the government’s plan to introduce casino-featuring integrated resorts, or IRs, in Japan, despite a bribery scandal involving a former senior official. At the House of Representatives plenary
Questions raised about Abe’s claims in speech
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policy speech Monday that highlighted his government’s efforts in rebuilding the country’s finances and reinvigorating local economies has raised questions over apparent differences to actual achievements. Abe is expected to be grilled by opposition parties
Japan may seek to work with S. Korea in Middle East missions
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday indicated the possibility of the country considering seeking to cooperate with South Korea in their missions to ensure sea lane safety in the Middle East. “While Japan conducts its own measures, it
Japan struggling to prepare for coronavirus threat
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–As Japan prepares for an influx of Chinese visitors during the Lunar New Year holiday period, hotels and other commercial facilities are struggling to devise measures for preventing the spread of a new coronavirus strain from China. One major hotel
Japan, Poland leaders agree to cooperate on N. Korea
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, have agreed to step up their countries’ cooperation on international issues including North Korea’s provocative behavior. At their meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday, the two leaders also had talks
BOJ, ECB, others to jointly study digital currencies
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–The Bank of Japan has launched a joint study with overseas central banks to explore the possibilities of utilizing digital currencies. The banks have created a group to look into potential cases of digital currencies issued by central banks, hoping
INTERVIEW: Diet chief wants govt to draft imperial succession measures
January 22, 2020
Tokyo–Tadamori Oshima, speaker of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, has said that the government should draft measures to ensure stable Imperial succession as a basis for in-depth discussions by the Diet on the
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