Court Rejects Damages Claim against Benesse over Info Leak
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- Tokyo District Court on Wednesday rejected a damages claim mainly against correspondent education service provider Benesse Corp. over a massive customer information leak in 2014. “The leak did not cause real damage,” the court said in a ruling in
INTERVIEW: Abe Adviser Sees Japan-U.S. Bilateral Trade Deal as Possible
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- Japan would consider a bilateral trade agreement with the United States if such a deal represented a win-win situation, Koichi Hamada, special adviser to the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said in a recent interview with Jiji
70 Pct of Japanese Parents Want More Kids: Survey
June 21, 2018
Tokyo- The proportion of parents of infants in Japan who want to have more children stands at around 70 pct, a private survey found Wednesday. The joint survey was conducted by the University of Tokyo and education service provider Benesse
EXCLUSIVE: CEAPAD Seen to Hail Japan’s Palestine Aid Initiative as Successful
June 21, 2018
Bangkok- Japan’s peace initiative for the Middle East is likely to be cited as a successful example in a joint statement to be adopted at the upcoming ministerial meeting of the Conference on Cooperation among East Asian Countries for Palestinian
Japan Amends Law to Prevent Fire Spread in Crowded Areas
June 20, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Diet enacted on Wednesday an amendment bill to the building standards law partly designed to promote construction of houses with high fire-resistance performance in densely populated areas. The bill was approved at a plenary meeting of the House
Japan Govt to Collect Info on Safety of Walls at Schools
June 20, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government will begin collecting information on the safety of school walls across the country, following the death of an elementary school girl after a wall collapsed on her, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. The nine-year-old
Authorities Yet to Know How Many Dangerous Block Walls in Japan
June 20, 2018
Tokyo- Local governments in Japan have yet to know how many dangerous concrete block walls exist in their administrative districts, although they are tasked to check whether such walls meet the current national building standards. In Monday’s strong earthquake in
Japan Diet Session Extended until July 22 for Key Bills
June 20, 2018
Tokyo- The House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, voted Wednesday to extend the current ordinary Diet session by 32 days until July 22 for further deliberations on key legislation. The 150-day Diet session, convened in
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