Defense ministry told only 3 sections to search for Iraq logs
April 9, 2018
Tokyo- A senior official of the Defense Ministry’s Joint Staff instructed only three sections in February last year to search for daily activity logs from the Ground Self-Defense Force’s 2004-2006 mission in Iraq which the ministry initially claimed were “nonexistent,”
MOF official admits asking Moritomo to lie about murky land deal
April 9, 2018
Tokyo- Mitsuru Ota, director-general of the Ministry of Finance’s Financial Bureau, admitted Monday that a bureau official asked Moritomo Gakuen last year to lie about the huge discount sale of a state land lot to the school operator. “Seeking explanations
Tokyo school welcomes children in Armani
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- A public elementary school in central Tokyo’s upscale Ginza district welcomed on Friday new students amid lingering controversy over de-facto uniforms from high-end Italian brand Armani. All 56 first-graders except one absentee wore the Armani clothes proposed by Taimei
Students’ English skills miss gov’t targets
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- The English skills of students at public junior and senior high schools across Japan failed to reach proficiency levels targeted by the government, the education ministry said in a fiscal 2017 survey on Friday. The proportion of third-grade junior
Power harassment of Olympic wrestling champ Icho recognized
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- The head of the Japan Wrestling Federation’s training headquarters has abused his power against four-time Olympic gold medalist Kaori Icho, the federation said Friday, releasing the results of an investigation by a third-party panel. The panel, made up of
2 crypto exchange firms face suspension
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Financial Services Agency on Friday slapped two-month business suspension orders on cryptocurrency exchange operators FSHO and Eternal Link due to problems in customer asset management or measures against money laundering. The financial regulator issued business improvement orders to
ICC rejects call for probe of North Korea leader over abduction
April 7, 2018
Tokyo- The International Criminal Court has rejected a petition for an investigation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and others on charges of committing crimes against humanity through the suspected abduction of Japanese nationals, it was learned Saturday. The
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,
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