Kobe Steel’s data fabrication affects more vehicles, shinkansen, rocket
October 10, 2017
TOKYO- Kobe Steel Ltd.’s falsification of intensity inspection certification data for some of its metal products were found Tuesday to have hit a wide range of products–from automobiles to Shinkansen bullet train cars and a rocket. Kobe Steel said Sunday
Current account surplus highest for August
October 10, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s current account surplus rose 20.8 percent from a year before to 2,380.4 billion yen in August, hitting the highest level for the month, the Ministry of Finance said Tuesday. The growth reflected a jump in the trade surplus
Court orders govʼt, TEPCO to pay damages over N-accident
October 10, 2017
FUKUSHIMA- A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay a total of 500 million yen in damages to evacuees from the March 2011 triple meltdown at TEPCO’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear
Teenagers to vote in general election for 1st time
October 10, 2017
TOKYO- The Oct. 22 House of Representatives election will give Japanese voters aged 18 and 19 the first opportunity to cast ballots to select lawmakers in the all-important lower chamber of the country’s Diet. During the official election campaign period,
Saury fishing boat taken by Russian border guard
October 9, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese saury fishing boat was inspected by the Russian border guard service while operating off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido and taken to one of the four Russian-controlled islands at the center of the two countries’ longstanding
Foreign ministry notes shared goal with ICAN
October 9, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Norio Maruyama on Sunday issued a statement noting the country’s shared objective with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. “Although ICAN’s activities to
Physical strength of women aged 35-44 lowest ever
October 9, 2017
TOKYO- Physical strength and athletic ability of women aged 35-39 and 40-44 have fallen to the lowest levels ever, an annual survey by the Japan Sports Agency showed Sunday. Elementary to university students, people in their 20s and elderly people
Japan to deploy GSDF units on island of Miyakojima
October 9, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Defense Ministry plans to deploy security and missile units of the Ground Self-Defense Force on the island of Miyakojima in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa as part of efforts to strengthen the defense of Nansei southwestern remote islands,
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