Nago mayoralty campaigning starts with focus on U.S. base
January 28, 2018
NAGA, Okinawa Pref.- The incumbent opposed to the planned relocation of a controversial U.S. military base and an independent backed by the ruling coalition filed their candidacies on Sunday for the Feb. 4 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. Susumu
Japan, China Foreign Ministers agree to promote leaders’ visits
January 28, 2018
Beijing- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, agreed Sunday that the two countries should steadily promote reciprocal visits by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping in order to improve bilateral relations.
Coincheck may be slapped with business improvement order
January 28, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s Financial Services Agency is looking at issuing a business improvement order soon to virtual currency exchange operator Coincheck Inc. over the loss of massive customer assets due to hacking late last week, informed sources said Sunday. The order
Electronics labor body adopts 3,000 yen pay hike demand
January 27, 2018
Yokohama- The Japanese Electrical, Electronic and Information Union adopted on Friday a uniform demand for a monthly pay-scale hike of at least 3,000 yen in the industry’s upcoming “shunto” wage negotiations. The umbrella body of labor unions at Japanese electronics
Foreign workers in Japan hit record high for 5th year
January 27, 2018
Tokyo- The number of foreign workers in Japan at the end of October 2017 grew 18 percent from a year before to 1,278,760, hitting a record for the fifth straight year, the labor ministry said Friday. Japanese companies accepted more
Abe seen meeting with Moon on Feb. 9
January 27, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a meeting on Feb. 9 at a site near the venue of the opening ceremony for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea, Japanese government sources
Japan, France broadly agree on pact on logistics for troops
January 27, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese and French governments broadly agreed Friday on a pact for mutual supplies of food, fuel and other goods by Japan’s Self-Defense Forces and France’s military. The broad accord was reached at a meeting in Tokyo among Japan’s
Chief of closed kimono rental firm offers apology
January 27, 2018
Yokohama- Yoichiro Shinozaki, president of closed Japanese kimono rental firm Harenohi, on Friday offered an apology for the company’s sudden shutdown, which ruined Coming-of-Age Day celebrations for many young women earlier this month. “I’m very sorry to those who were
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