Abe asks Moon to discuss abductions with Kim Jong Un
March 17, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday to discuss North Korea’s abductions of foreign nationals at an inter-Korean summit scheduled for late April. In telephone talks, Moon told Abe that the two
Peach, Vanilla to merge into largest budget airline in Japan
March 17, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s second-largest budget airline Peach Aviation and No. 3 player Vanilla Air have decided on their management consolidation, which will create the largest low-cost carrier in the country in terms of sales, informed sources said Saturday. Through the merger,
Japan, US agree to maintain pressure on N. Korea
March 17, 2018
Washington- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Friday agreed with key U.S. government figures that Japan and the United States will maintain maximum pressure on North Korea to realize its denuclearization. Kono reaffirmed the policy toward the reclusive state when
LDP’s Watanabe, founder of pub chain, apologizes to overwork victim family
March 17, 2018
Tokyo- Miki Watanabe, a lawmaker of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the founder of an “izakaya” pub chain, has apologized to the family of a person who committed suicide for overwork. At a House of Councillors Budget Committee hearing
Lavrov sees Japan-US defense cooperation as obstacle to Tokyo-Moscow ties
March 17, 2018
Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed concerns on Thursday that missile defense cooperation between Japan and the United States is serving as an obstacle to relations between Japan and Russia, including efforts to resolve a territorial dispute. Japan-US defense
University grads’ job-securing rate hits record high
March 17, 2018
Tokyo- Of job-hunting university students in Japan set to graduate this spring, 91.2 pct had secured informal work contracts as of Feb. 1, up 0.6 percentage point from a year before, a government survey showed Friday. The reading was the
MOF exec does not deny Abe remarks behind document tampering
March 17, 2018
Tokyo- A senior Ministry of Finance official did not deny Friday that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s remarks in parliament had influenced some ministry officials to manipulate documents on a massive discount sale of a state-owned land plot. MOF Financial
Suicides total 21,000 in 2017
March 16, 2018
Tokyo- The number of people who committed suicide in Japan in 2017 dropped by 576, or 2.6 percent, from the previous year to 21,321, down for the eighth consecutive year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a revised
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