6 Major Japanese Automakers Foresee Lower Profits in FY 2018
May 15, 2018
Tokyo- Six of Japan’s seven major automakers are forecasting falls in their respective group operating profits in the current business year through next March, due chiefly to the yen’s strengthening, according to their latest earnings reports. The yen’s anticipated appreciation
Recently Briefed on Ex-Aide’s Kake Meetings, Abe Claims
May 15, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed Monday he knew only recently that Tadao Yanase, a former executive secretary to him, held meetings in 2015 with officials of school operator Kake Educational Institution, which is at the center of a
Keidanren Proposes Establishment of Digital Ministry
May 14, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, on Monday called on the government to establish a new ministry that takes charge of information technology and digital economy policy issues in a unified manner. Matters related to IT and digital economy
Police Launch Probe into Pirate Manga Site
May 14, 2018
Fukuoka- The police have started investigating pirate manga website Mangamura for suspected breach of copyright, informed sources said Monday. The probe chiefly by the Fukuoka prefectural police in southwestern Japan comes at a time when pirate sites enabling users to
Man Hints at Involvement in Death of Girl in Central Japan
May 14, 2018
Niigata- Police are questioning a man on a voluntary basis in connection with the murder of a seven-year-old girl in the central Japan city of Niigata, informed sources said Monday. The man in his 20s, a neighbor of the victim,
Japan Launches Program to Share Advanced Microscopes
May 14, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science said Monday that it has launched a program to share state-of-the-art electron microscopes with businesses in the first such initiative in the country. Under the “open lab program,” NIMS, based in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Sapporo Apparently Tells JOC of Plan to Delay Olympic Bid
May 14, 2018
Tokyo- The city government of Sapporo is believed to have told the Japanese Olympic Committee on Monday that the northern city now aims to host the Winter Olympics in 2030, instead of 2026 as it initially planned. “Even if the
JAL’s New Budget Carrier to Start Service in 2020
May 14, 2018
Tokyo- Japan Airlines said Monday it will launch a new low-cost carrier with the aim of starting flight services in 2020, the year of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. In addition to flying to other parts of Asia, the new
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