Abe vows to keep tackling North Korea abduction issue
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stressed on Thursday his determination to keep up efforts to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to North Korea. At a meeting with Shigeo Iizuka, the 79-year-old leader of the Association of Families
Japan mulling 1,000-yen departure tax
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s government and ruling camp are considering charging a tax of 1,000 yen per head to all people leaving the country, in order to secure financial resources for tourism, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The new departure tax will likely
Top court finds 2016 Upper House poll constitutional
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the House of Councillors election in July 2016 was constitutional in terms of the maximum vote-value disparity. In the election for the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, the value of one
Lower House dissolved for general election
September 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s House of Representatives was dissolved Thursday for a general election in which voters will decide whether to allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to stay on after nearly five years since his return to power. At a cabinet meeting,
Eating fish reduces risk of depression: research
September 27, 2017
TOKYO- People who often eat fish, including so-called blue-backed fish such as saury, face a lower risk of suffering depression than those consuming less, a team of researchers from institutes including Japan’s National Cancer Center has said. In its research
S. Korea backs plan to build comfort women monument
September 27, 2017
SEOUL- A spokesman of South Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday defended the government’s plan to build a monument for so-called comfort women at a national cemetery in Cheonan in the central part of the country. The South Korean government’s stance
New guidelines for quake disaster management unveiled
September 27, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government on Tuesday unveiled new guidelines for disaster management measures on a possible powerful earthquake along the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast from central to southwestern Japan. Under the new guidelines, the Japan Meteorological Agency will
Lower House meeting set today on breakup for election
September 27, 2017
TOKYO- The chairman of the Japanese House of Representatives steering committee decided on Tuesday to hold a plenary meeting of the lower chamber of parliament on Thursday to allow Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to break up the chamber for a
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