Japan Diet OKs Bill to Boost INCJ Investment
May 17, 2018
Tokyo- The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Wednesday enacted into law a bill to boost investment in advanced technologies by government-backed Innovation Network Corp. of Japan. The law allows INCJ to set up affiliated funds to expand investment intended to realize
Japan, Fiji Vow Cooperation for Free, Open Indo-Pacific Region
May 17, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Fiji counterpart, Voreqe Bainimarama, agreed Wednesday that their countries will closely cooperate under a Japan-led initiative to make the Indo-Pacific region free and open. At their meeting in Tokyo, Abe said Japan
Japan, S. Korean Biz Leaders Call for Closer Cooperation
May 17, 2018
Tokyo- Leaders from the Japanese and South Korean business circles wrapped up their two-day meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday by adopting a joint statement calling for further cooperation between their countries. Japan and South Korea need closer cooperation for the
Emperor, Empress Discuss Climate Change with Samoan PM
May 17, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko discussed climate change with Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi at the Imperial Palace on Wednesday. The 20-minute meeting was also attended by the prime minister’s wife, the Imperial Household Agency said. According
Japan GDP Logs 1st Contraction in 9 Quarters
May 16, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s gross domestic product shrank for the first time in nine quarters in January-March, dampened chiefly by weak personal consumption, government data showed Wednesday. The country’s seasonally adjusted GDP in the final quarter of fiscal 2017 fell 0.2 pct
Tokyo Not to Collect Accommodation Tax during 2020 Games
May 16, 2018
Tokyo- The Tokyo metropolitan government decided Wednesday not to impose accommodation tax during the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in the capital. The three-month tax collection suspension from July 1 that year will be proposed to the metropolitan assembly in
Abe Vows to Beef Up Efforts for Japan-EU EPA
May 16, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Wednesday to make the utmost effort to bring an economic partnership agreement between Japan and the European Union into force quickly. “Our government will work as one and do all we can to
Japan Panel OKs iPS Cell Trial for Heart Disease Treatment
May 16, 2018
Tokyo- A Japanese health ministry panel conditionally approved Wednesday what is expected to be the world’s first clinical trial for transplants using induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells for heart disease treatment. The regenerative medicine screening panel approved the trial
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