The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

Disaster areas facing shrinking number of volunteers

March 2, 2018

Kesennuma, Miyagi Pref.- The number of volunteers keeps falling in areas devastated by the March 2011 disaster although many of the affected communities and people still need help for reconstruction seven years after the catastrophe. The reconstruction needs in disaster

READ MORE

Kuroda committed to 2% inflation target

March 2, 2018

Tokyo- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda, who has been nominated by the Japanese government for another five-year term, expressed Friday his commitment to achieving the BOJ’s 2 percent inflation target. “I’m determined to do all I can to add

READ MORE

Japan to help fund 6 of 13 new infra projects

March 2, 2018

Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Government of Japan will help fund almost half, or six of 13, of the newly-approved infrastructure projects by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board, the government body said Friday. “Japan is one of

READ MORE

Abe to remove controversial plan from work style reform

March 1, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s government will submit work style reform bills to the Diet, the country’s parliament, by removing a controversial proposal about the discretionary work system from the legislation, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday. The move comes as the government

READ MORE

Japan gov’t budget clears Lower House

March 1, 2018

Tokyo – The Japanese government’s fiscal 2018 budget bill passed through the House of Representatives on Wednesday, making it almost certain to be enacted before the April 1 start of the year with or without approval by the House of

READ MORE

New arrest warrant served on US man after dismembered woman found

March 1, 2018

Kobe- Japanese police served a fresh arrest warrant on a 26-year-old US man on Wednesday in connection with the discovery of the dismembered body parts of a Japanese women in the western city of Osaka. The man, Bayraktar Yevgeniy Vasilievich,

READ MORE

Ruling camp begins talks on how many casinos Japan should have

March 1, 2018

Tokyo- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its partner, Komeito, on Wednesday started full internal discussions on how many regions in Japan should initially be allowed to have casinos under a planned law. To set the ceiling, the ruling parties

READ MORE

Job-Hunting Season Begins

March 1, 2018

Tokyo- University students in Japan who are due to graduate in spring 2019 started job-hunting activities on Thursday. Based on employment guidelines set by the Japan Business Federation, the nation’s biggest business lobby, known as Keidanren, companies across Japan were

READ MORE