Up to 2.1m would die if North Korea attacks Tokyo, Seoul
October 6, 2017
WASHINGTON- Up to 2.1 million people in Tokyo and Seoul would die if North Korea attacked the two Asian cities with nuclear bombs in response to potential military action by the United States, a US institute has said in an
Coincident index back to level before ’14 tax hike
October 6, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators for August rose to a level unseen since March 2014, a month before the country’s latest consumption tax hike, the Cabinet Office said Friday. The coincident CI, which reflects current economic conditions,
Dentsu ruled guilty over illegal overtime
October 6, 2017
TOKYO- A Tokyo court on Friday ruled Dentsu Inc. guilty over a high-profile illegal overtime case in which a young female employee committed overwork-induced suicide in 2015. Tokyo Summary Court imposed a fine of 500,000 yen as demanded by public
Koike, Edano seek labor union support for their new parties
October 6, 2017
TOKYO- The heads of two newly-formed political parties in Japan, Yuriko Koike and Yukio Edano, on Friday asked for support for their parties from the country’s largest umbrella body for labor unions ahead of the Oct. 22 general election. Koike,
Nagasaki woman who taught Ishiguro ecstatic
October 6, 2017
NAGASAKI- A woman who taught British author Kazuo Ishiguro at a kindergarten in Nagasaki, his birthplace, expressed joy on Friday over her former student winning the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. “I’m as delighted as I would be if it
Koike declines request to run in general election
October 5, 2017
TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, leader of the Party of Hope, on Thursday declined a request by her counterpart in the Democratic Party, Seiji Maehara, that she run in the Oct. 22 House of Representatives election. During their talks in Tokyo, Koike said she
Long way ahead for local consent to restart of TEPCO reactors
October 5, 2017
NIIGATA- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is expected to continue facing tough work to restart two nuclear power reactors in central Japan, with local approval still a long way ahead, although regulators have effectively confirmed their safety. The Nuclear
NHK discloses female reporter’s overwork death
October 5, 2017
TOKYO- Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, revealed Wednesday that a female reporter in Tokyo died due to overwork in July 2013. The direct cause of the death of the 31-year-old reporter, Miwa Sado, at the metropolitan broadcasting center was congestive
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