TEPCO confirms risky n-plant water level moves
September 29, 2017
TOKYO- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Friday it has confirmed risky moves of the groundwater level in one of the wells around the four damaged reactors at its Fukushima No. 1 power plant. TEPCO made the announcement after
Job openings ratio stays high in August: labor ministry
September 29, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers stayed high at 1.52 in August, unchanged from the previous month, labor ministry data showed Friday. Separately, the internal affairs ministry said that the country’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
Enrollment limits imposed on Tokyo universities for FY 2018
September 29, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s education ministry published Friday special rules aimed at limiting student enrollment at private universities in central Tokyo, with a view to correcting the excessive concentration of young people in the Japanese capital. According to the rules, announced in
Core CPI logs steepest rise in 34 months in Aug.
September 29, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s core consumer price index in August marked the steepest growth in two years and 10 months, excluding effects from the April 2014 consumption tax increase, government data showed Friday. The growth reflected rises in electricity fees and gasoline
Japan-China ties remain tense in 45th anniversary year
September 29, 2017
TOKYO- Japan-China relations, strained in recent years over a group of islands, has not recovered markedly, with the two nations celebrating the 45th anniversary on Friday of the normalization of their diplomatic ties in 1972. Incursions by Chinese government ships
DP Approves Maehara’s Proposal to Join Koike’s Party
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s main opposition Democratic Party approved on Thursday a proposal by its leader, Seiji Maehara, to unite with a new political party led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike to prepare for a general election next month. The merger is
Police to raise speed limit on trial basis at expressway from Nov.
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s National Police Agency said Thursday that it will raise the speed limit in a section of the Shin Tomei Expressway in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, from November on a trial basis. The speed limit will be raised from
Police confirm 114 “JK” biz outlets featuring schoolgirls
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- At least 114 outlets of so-called JK business, in which high school and other girls dressed in school uniforms, swimsuits and other costumes treat customers, were in operation as of the end of June, it was learned Thursday. A
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