Female mayor forced to make speech outside sumo ring
April 7, 2018
TAKARAZUKA, HYOGO PREF.- The mayor of the western Japan city of Takarazuka was forced to make a speech from outside a raised sumo ring on Friday after being denied entry onto the ring because she is a woman. The mayor,
Japan to shift ocean policy focus to security
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government, at a meeting with ruling parties Friday, proposed shifting a basic ocean policy focus from resources to security through a review in the policy it makes every five years. According to a draft of the new
2 schools reopen in ex-evacuation area in Fukushima Pref.
April 6, 2018
Tomioka, Fukushima Pref.- An elementary school and a junior high school reopened Friday in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, seven years after the March 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Fukushima No. 1 power plant. The schools, located in
Parliament to hold intensive talks on GSDF Iraq reports
April 6, 2018
Tokyo- The ruling and opposition camps agreed Friday to arrange intensive deliberations in parliament on the long-undisclosed discovery, called a cover-up by critics, of Ground Self-Defense Force daily activity reports on its 2004-2006 Iraq mission, which the government initially claimed
Flags with messages returned to bereaved families of WWII Japanese soldiers
April 6, 2018
Hikone, Shiga Pref.- Three flags with messages given to Japanese soldiers who went to World War II were returned to their bereaved families on Thursday, more than 70 years after the war. The original owners of the flags were found
US trade deficit with Japan shrinks 2.6% in Feb.
April 6, 2018
Washington- The United States’ deficit in goods trade with Japan in February shrank 2.6 percent from the previous month to $5.5 billion, the Department of Commerce said Thursday. The amount was the third largest by country after China and Mexico.
Work style reform legislation gets Cabinet approval
April 6, 2018
Tokyo- Work style reform legislation, a top priority for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration, got cabinet approval Friday, after a delay due to controversy over data flaws in a related labor ministry survey. The legislation, designed to revise the
Ospreys’ arrival at Yokota causes anger, fears among residents
April 6, 2018
Tokyo- The arrival of five of the US Air Force’s CV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Yokota base in a Tokyo suburb on Thursday triggered anger and fears among nearby residents. “We must remove the Osprey, often called ‘flying coffins,’ as
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