More firms soliciting voluntary retirements
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- More and more listed companies in Japan are soliciting voluntary retirements, as they move to cut high-paid middle-aged and older workers to slash labor costs. The number of listed companies that solicited voluntary or early retirements stood at 25
Biz sentiment hits record high in Jan.
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- Business sentiment in Japan continued rising to hit an all-time high in January, led by manufacturers enjoying strong exports, Teikoku Databank Ltd. said Monday. The business sentiment diffusion index rose 0.2 point from the previous month to 51.1, up
Japan to offer new prenatal tests as medical services
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- Japan will provide new blood-based prenatal testing to diagnose diseases in unborn babies as regular medical services, informed sources have said. In the country, noninvasive prenatal genetic tests, which check samples of blood from pregnant mothers instead of amnion
JBIC mulling Panda Bond issuance
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Bank for International Cooperation is considering issuing yuan-denominated bonds in mainland China, known as panda bonds, Governor Akira Kondo has told Jiji Press. The government-held lender hopes to help diversify channels to procure yuan funds for Japanese
Nago mayor-elect wows to handle base issue as administrative chief
February 5, 2018
Nago, Okinawa Pref.- Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor-elect of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, said Monday he will respond to a controversial plan to move a key US military base to Nago as chief of the city’s administrative affairs. The comment is
Abe stresses need to clarify rationale of SDF in Constitution
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday emphasized the need to clarify the rationale for the existence of the Self-Defense Forces in the constitution’s war-renouncing Article 9. “Writing and clarifying the legitimacy of the SDF in the constitution concerns
Another court finds 2017 Lower House poll constitutional
February 5, 2018
Fukuoka- Fukuoka High Court ruled Monday that the election for Japan’s House of Representatives in October last year was constitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The court turned down a petition by a group of lawyers seeking to invalidate the
Japan protests S. Korea’s use of flag Including Takeshima
February 5, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government has protested against South Korea through diplomatic channels over the use of a flag including Japanese-claimed Sea of Japan islands effectively controlled by Seoul, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Monday. The unification flag depicting the
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