Ministers from 20 nations agree to keep pressuring N. Korea
January 17, 2018
Vancouver, Canada- Foreign ministers from Japan, the United States, South Korea, Canada and 16 other countries agreed on Tuesday to keep increasing pressure on North Korea until it changes course toward denuclearizing itself. At their meeting in Vancouver, the ministers,
Kono rejects additional steps on comfort women issue
January 17, 2018
Vancouver, Canada- Foreign Minister Taro Kono clarified Tuesday Japan’s rejection of additional measures proposed by South Korea in its new policy on the 2015 bilateral agreement to resolve the issue of so-called comfort women. Japan cannot accept any request at
Producer prices rose 2.4% in 2017
January 16, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s producer price index in 2017 rose 2.4 percent from the previous year, up for the first time in three years, the Bank of Japan said Tuesday. The index stood at 98.8 against 100 for the base year of
Russia reiterates concern over Japan’s plan to introduce Aegis Ashore
January 16, 2018
Moscow- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday reiterated his country’s concern over the Japanese government’s recent decision to introduce the Aegis Ashore land-based ballistic missile defense system from the United States. Lavrov told a press conference that the Japanese
DP, Party of Hope agree to form parliamentary group
January 16, 2018
Tokyo- Senior officials from the Democratic Party and the Party of Hope, both Japanese opposition parties, reached a formal agreement Monday to form a joint parliamentary group at both chambers of parliament. The two parties aim to complete internal procedures
ICAN leader visits Hiroshima peace park, lays wreath
January 16, 2018
Hiroshima- Beatrice Fihn, leader of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, on Monday visited Hiroshima, one of the two Japanese cities destroyed in the U.S. atomic bombing in 1945. Fihn, executive director of the group, the winner
Suspect in Zama murders served 5th arrest warrant
January 16, 2018
Tokyo- Police on Tuesday served a fifth arrest warrant on Takahiro Shiraishi, first held for alleged corpse abandonment in a high-profile case involving nine dismembered bodies, this time for allegedly murdering a 20-year-old man, who was one of the victims.
Abe signals intent to skip Pyeongchang Olympics
January 16, 2018
Sofia- Visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday signaled he does not plan to attend the Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea next month, citing budget deliberations at an upcoming session of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. “I’ll consider it, while
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