Japan Govt Appoints 2 New Ambassadors
January 19, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government on Friday decided the appointments of two new ambassadors, effective the same day. Kazuya Ogawa, 62, ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina, was appointed ambassador to Algeria. Ogawa joined the Foreign Ministry in 1978. He previously served in such
TEPCO Starts Looking Inside Reactor at Fukushima No. 1 Plant
January 19, 2018
Fukushima- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. started on Friday work to learn conditions inside the containment vessel of the meltdown-hit No. 2 reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. In the work, TEPCO plans to take pictures
Tokyo Stocks Turn Moderately Higher on Buying on Dips
January 19, 2018
Tokyo- Stocks rebounded moderately on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, supported by buying on dips. The 225-issue Nikkei average rose 44.69 points, or 0.19 pct, to end at 23,808.06. On Thursday, the key market gauge dropped 104.97 points. The TOPIX
Japan Govt Confirms Plan to Utilize Land with Uncertain Ownership
January 19, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government confirmed Friday a plan to submit a bill to promote the utilization of land with uncertain ownership for parks, squares and other purposes, by newly establishing a right to use such land. The plan to submit
Duterte vowed to take “firm measure” on comfort women statue, Japanese official says
January 18, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to take a “firm measure” on the construction of a statue depicting the “comfort women” in a major thoroughfare in Manila. Katsuyuki Kawai, a lawmaker of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and former special adviser
Number of crimes hits yet another postwar low in 2017
January 18, 2018
Tokyo- The number of criminal offenses recognized by police in Japan in 2017 fell by 81,009, or 8.1 percent, from the preceding year to 915,111, hitting a postwar low for the third straight year, the National Police Agency said in
Alliance accord between DP, Party of Hope collapses after 2 days
January 18, 2018
Tokyo- An accord to form a parliamentary coalition between the Democratic Party and the Party of Hope was effectively dissolved on Wednesday, only two days after senior members of the two Japanese opposition parties reached the deal. Many DP lawmakers
Japan to offer pension age option of over 70
January 18, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government will offer an option to postpone the starting age for receiving public pensions to over 70, according to draft policy guidelines unveiled Wednesday. The government hopes that the measure will encourage more elderly people to work
Latest Videos
- GEORGE SOROS BLASTED THE U S FOR SUPPORTING ISRAEL ON NOT WORKING WITH HAMAS
- WIKILEAKS REVELATIONS SHOW U S ‘IGNORED’ TORTURE FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ
- THE ROOTS OF THE ISRAEL PALESTINE CONFLICT
- TUCKER CARLSON QUESTIONS U.S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL WAR
- RFK Jr TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT AS INDEPENDENT, DECLARING INDEPENDENCE FROM THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES
- JAPANESE VIROLOGIST SAYS OMICRON MAY HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED
- JAPANESE VIEW & FILIPINO BEAUTY
