The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Abe calls on gov’t newcomers to work with strong sense of ethics

April 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday told new central government employees to work with a strong sense of ethics, at a time a Finance Ministry document manipulation scandal has shaken public trust in the government. “I hope you’ll

READ MORE

Email addresses of many gov’t officials compromised

April 4, 2018

Tokyo- Email addresses of many Japanese central government officials for work have been compromised, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. Following the incident, the National Center of Incident Readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity, or NISC, warned all government agencies

READ MORE

Defense ministry’s delayed revelation fuels cover-up suspicions

April 4, 2018

Tokyo- Suspicions of a cover-up by the Japanese Defense Ministry arose again after the ministry took more than two months before announcing this week the discovery of Ground Self-Defense Force documents which it initially insisted were “nonexistent.” In response to

READ MORE

Japan to restart regulatory checks on N-Fuel recycling facility

April 4, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority is set to restart its screenings of a nuclear fuel recycling facility in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, after a hiatus since last October that followed a series of problems, including rainwater leaks, it

READ MORE

Scandal-hit vet faculty holds entrance ceremony

April 4, 2018

Imabari, Ehime Pref.- An entrance ceremony was held on Tuesday for Okayama University of Science’s veterinary medicine faculty, which is at the center of a favoritism scandal involving the school’s operator and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In a speech, Kotaro

READ MORE

Shimizu becomes 1st woman to assume senior post at BOJ

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- The Bank of Japan said Monday that it has appointed Tokiko Shimizu as head of its Nagoya branch, making her the first woman to reach a department chief or higher post at the central bank. Shimizu, 53, succeeded Shinichi

READ MORE

Mutual retaliations to benefit no nation: Seko

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- No country will benefit from an exchange of retaliatory trade measures, Japanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko said Tuesday, after China slapped new tariffs on US imports in response to Washington’s recently introduced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. “The

READ MORE

5 Ospreys to arrive at US air base in Tokyo suburbs

April 3, 2018

Tokyo- Five CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft will arrive at the US Air Force’s Yokota base in the Tokyo suburbs later this week, US Forces Japan said Tuesday. The Ospreys are set to make a brief stop at the base before

READ MORE