Times Square countdown to be last with Toshiba ad screen
December 30, 2017
New York- New Year’s countdown at New York’s Times Square on Sunday night will be the last annual extravaganza featuring Toshiba Corp.’s large sponsored outdoor screen. In order to reduce costs after incurring massive losses in its US nuclear business,
Japan to use penal regulations on bluefin tuna catches
December 30, 2017
Tokyo- The Fisheries Agency will start penal regulations on Pacific bluefin tuna catches by Japanese fishermen in January 2018, in line with stricter international controls aimed at preventing overfishing. The agency hopes that comprehensive resources management will allow Japanese fishermen
3 Chinese gov’t ships enter Japanese waters near Senkakus
December 30, 2017
Naha, Okinawa Pref.- Three Chinese coast guard ships briefly sailed in Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Saturday, according to the Japan Coast Guard. It was the first such territorial incursion by any
China foreign minister seeks more exchanges with Japan
December 30, 2017
Beijing- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday expressed his hopes to boost exchanges between China and Japan to help the two countries improve their relations. During talks in Beijing with a group of Japanese lawmakers, including Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general
Nikkei marks highest year-end evel in 26 years
December 30, 2017
Tokyo- The benchmark Nikkei average marked the highest year-end level since 1991 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday, after a year of upsurge attributed chiefly to robust corporate earnings on the back of economic growth at home and abroad. The
Hyogo Pref. to develop disaster information app
December 30, 2017
Kobe- The Hyogo prefectural government plans to develop an app for smartphones and tablet devices that will deliver disaster-related information to people in real time, Governor Toshizo Ido has said. Related expenses were included in the Hyogo government’s fiscal 2018
More Japan officials see difficulty in Abe’s S. Korea visit
December 30, 2017
Tokyo- An increasing number of Japanese government officials believe that it will be difficult for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit South Korea on the sidelines of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February, informed sources said Friday. Such views became
Japan to lower legal adult age to 18 in 2022 at earliest
December 29, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese government has decided to introduce legislation to revise the Civil Code and lower Japan’s legal adult age from 20 to 18 to next year’s ordinary parliamentary session set to start in January. The government is slated to
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