Core consumer prices rise for 13th month in Jan.
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s core consumer prices climbed 0.9 percent from a year earlier in January, up for the 13th month in a row, as upbeat oil prices led to rises in electricity and gasoline prices, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Japan vows to use ODA to promote Indo-Pacific initiative
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to strategically utilize its official development assistance as a means to promote Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s goal of making the Indo-Pacific region free and open, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Specifically, Japan will promote the
Manufacturers slow to strengthen quality control
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- Many Japanese manufacturers have been slow to strengthen their product quality control systems in response to recent revelations of irregularities at Kobe Steel Ltd., Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and other firms. There is a long way to go to absorb
Japan raps S. Korea minister for calling comfort women sex slaves
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono criticized Friday the use of the expression sex slaves by a South Korean cabinet minister to refer to the so-called comfort women issue at a UN committee on Thursday. The use of the expression
Ruling Bloc to Tell Soon Whether to Defer Work Style Reform Bills
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling coalition said Friday that it will respond early next week to an opposition camp request to give up a plan to submit bills for so-called work style reform during the ongoing session of parliament, amid a controversy
Draft TPP text shown with modified membership, effectuation requirements
February 23, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government disclosed on Thursday a final draft text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact broadly agreed in November last year by Japan and 10 other countries without the United States. Under the assumption that new countries
Takata, US states reach settlement over air bag probe
February 23, 2018
New York- Takata Corp. has reached an agreement with 44 US states and Washington, D.C., to settle allegations that the Japanese company concealed safety issues related to its air bags, the states said Thursday. The 650-milion-dollar settlement concludes a multi-state
Duterte vows Japanese-funded projects to be free of bureaucratic delays
February 22, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed that Japanese-funded projects will be free of bureaucratic delays. Duterte made the assurance during his meeting in Malacanang on Wednesday with the Japanese conglomerates as well as representatives of the Philippine-Japan Economic Cooperation. “He (Duterte) pledged his
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