Flu season starts earlier than usual
December 1, 2017
Tokyo- Japan has entered the influenza season slightly earlier than usual years, the health ministry said Friday. In the week through Sunday, the average number of flu patients at some 5,000 regularly monitored medical institutions came to 1.47 to top
Core CPI posts steepest rise in 3 years in Oct.
December 1, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s core consumer price index for October logged the steepest year-on-year growth in three years, excluding the effects of the April 2014 consumption tax increase, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday. The growth reflected rises in
Capital spending up for 4th straight quarter
December 1, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese nonfinancial companies’ combined capital expenditures grew for the fourth straight quarter in July-September, led by brisk spending by nonmanufacturers, government data showed Friday. The sum rose 4.2 percent from a year before to 10,792 billion yen, the Finance
Oct. job openings ratio highest since January 1974
December 1, 2017
Tokyo- -Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in October rose 0.03 point from the previous month to 1.55, the highest level since January 1974, the labor ministry said Friday. The figure grew for the first time
Emperor Akihito to abdicate on April 30, 2019
December 1, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s Emperor Akihito will step down on April 30, 2019, in the country’s first Imperial abdication in about 200 years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday. Crown Prince Naruhito will accede to the throne on May 1 that year,
Japan, South Korea agree to boost pressure on Pyongyang
November 30, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed Wednesday on close cooperation among their countries and the United States to strengthen pressure on North Korea to stop the reclusive nation’s continued provocations. In the 15-minute
Slow exit from easing to save BOJ massive losses : professor
November 30, 2017
Tokyo- By engineering a slow exit from its current massive monetary easing policy, the Bank of Japan will be able to control related losses, Columbia University Prof. Takatoshi Ito has suggested. In a recent interview, Ito said the central bank
Russia to deploy anti-ship missiles to Kurils: report
November 30, 2017
Moscow- The Russian military plans to deploy antiship missiles to the Kuril Islands near Japan, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported on Wednesday. The deployment of the Bal and Bastion missile systems to two islands in the Kuril chain is expected
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