US aircraft component may have fallen off again
March 7, 2018
Naha, Okinawa Pref.- A component of an F-15 fighter jet belonging to the US Air Force’s Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture was lost on Feb. 27, Japanese officials said Wednesday. The component may have fallen off during a flight, similar
Concerns growing about fading disaster memories
March 7, 2018
Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- In coastal areas in the three northeastern Japan prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, hit hard by a monster tsunami seven years ago, concerns are increasing about fading memories of the disaster as the number of tourists
Wrestling body to probe high-profile power harassment scandal
March 7, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Wrestling Federation’s ethics committee decided Tuesday to set up a third-party panel to investigate alleged power harassment of four-time Olympic gold medalist Kaori Icho by the head of the federation’s training headquarters, who is her former coach.
Deputy BOJ chief candidate calls for fresh easing, if necessary
March 6, 2018
Tokyo- Masazumi Wakatabe, professor at Waseda University and a government nominee for Bank of Japan deputy governor, suggested Monday that the central bank go ahead with fresh easing if it is necessary to get the country fully out of deflation.
Ministry unable to check alleged document alterations
March 6, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Finance Ministry said Tuesday that it cannot check whether it altered documents on a controversial sale of state-owned land to private school operator Moritomo Gakuen. The ministry “cannot immediately examine all of the documents” under suspicion, as they
Solitary deaths increasing in disaster recovery housing
March 6, 2018
Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- An increasing number of residents of so-called disaster recovery public housing are dying unattended in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, the three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Such incidents apparently reflect
Some contract workers in Japan to gain indefinite status
March 6, 2018
Tokyo- Acute shortages of manpower in Japan will move its labor market into a new phase, as a rule to facilitate the conversion of fixed-term contract workers into indefinite-term employees will come into full force in April. The status conversion
Governor aims to promote Iwate’s attractions
March 6, 2018
Morioka, Iwate Pref.- Iwate Governor Takuya Tasso has pledged to promote the attractions of the northeastern Japan prefecture seven years after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011 while focusing on human resources development. “Reconstruction is still under way,”
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