Hiroshima, Nagasaki mayors hail Nobel-winning anti-nuke group
October 7, 2017
HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI- The mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two atomic-bombed Japanese cities, welcomed the winning of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday by an international nongovernmental organization seeking to scrap all nuclear weapons. After the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced
Many expect BOJ head Kuroda to stay: Jiji poll
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- A majority of financial market and economic pundits expect Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to be reappointed when his current term ends on April 8, 2018, a Jiji Press survey has found. But only 30 percent of all
Survey shows less people foreseeing price growth
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- A Bank of Japan survey for September revealed Friday that 70.4 percent of respondents expect prices to increase in the country in one year’s time, down from 75.4 percent in the previous survey in June. The first decline in
Int’l aviation body condemns N. Korea’s missile launches
October 7, 2017
NEW YORK- The International Civil Aviation Organization at a meeting of its council on Friday decided unanimously to express its strong condemnation of North Korea for its repeated ballistic missile launches, Japanese government sources said. The move was led by
Japan publisher of Ishiguro novels flooded with orders
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- Following Kazuo Ishiguro’s winning of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017 the previous day, Hayakawa Publishing Corp., which sells translated editions of novels by the Japan-born British author in Japan, was busy Friday dealing with orders from bookstores
Nissan to recall 1.16m vehicles over inspection scandal
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- Nissan Motor Co. informed the Japanese transport ministry on Friday that it will recall around 1.16 million units of 38 vehicle models, following revelations that some final inspections were carried out by unqualified technicians. Vehicles subject to the recall
Japan fails to issue comment on Nobel-Winning ICAN
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government has not issued any comment on the winning of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN, which helped the adoption of a landmark UN nuclear weapons ban treaty
Strong quake hits Fukushima
October 7, 2017
TOKYO- A strong earthquake rocked Fukushima Prefecture on Friday night, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese intensity scale of 7 in the town of Naraha and the village of Kawauchi, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake, with an
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