Suspected child abuse victims top 65,000 in 2017
March 8, 2018
Tokyo- The number of children suspected to have been abused in Japan in 2017 topped 65,000 in 2017, hitting another record high, police data showed Thursday. Police referred 65,431 suspected abuse victims under 18 to child consultation centers, up some
Oct.-Dec. GDP growth revised up to 1.6%
March 8, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s economy grew a revised 1.6 percent in October-December last year on an annual basis in real terms, faster than the preliminary reading of 0.5 percent, the Cabinet Office said Thursday. Quarter on quarter, the country’s seasonally adjusted real
Current account surplus grew sixfold in Jan.
March 8, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s current account surplus in January jumped sixfold from a year before due mainly to brisk exports to China and other Asian nations, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The surplus in the current account, the broadest measure of the
Lawmakers create group for forced sterilization victims
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese lawmakers have created a non-partisan group to discuss assistance measures for people who were forced to undergo sterilization operations under the now-defunct eugenic protection law. The group held its inaugural meeting in an office building for the House
Japan urges North Korea to act toward denuclearization
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government urged North Korea Wednesday to act toward denuclearization, following Tuesday’s announcement of an agreement to hold an inter-Korean summit next month. “For meaningful dialogue to happen, it’s extremely important that North Korea takes concrete steps toward
Dollar slips below 106 yen as Trump economic adviser resigns
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- The dollar dropped below 106 yen in Tokyo trading on Wednesday, dampened by the resignation of White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn on the heels of President Donald Trump’s announcement of new import tariff plans last week.
Exit from easing should be very gradual: BOJ Kuroda
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said Tuesday that the process of the central bank’s future exit from its ultraeasy monetary policy should be extremely gradual. “We’ll pursue (the exit) very gradually and in a most appropriate way so
Ruling bloc wants minority to report on Moritomo papers by Thurs.
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling parties agreed Wednesday to ask the Finance Ministry to report to parliament by Thursday the results of its probe into the alleged alterations of documents on a controversial sale of state-owned land to private school operator Moritomo
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