Tensions intensify over possible dissolution of Lower House
September 22, 2017
TOKYO- Political tensions in Japan intensified further on Friday over a reported plan by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to dissolve the House of Representatives next week for a snap election in October. Abe is expected to dissolve the Lower House
11 TPP countries start two day intensive talks in Tokyo
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- Chief negotiators from the remaining 11 signatory countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact started two-day intensive talks in Tokyo on Thursday to advance work to decide which items in the pact would be suspended or revised if
LDP’s election pledges to contain Abe’s Constitution amendment proposals
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering including four constitutional amendment proposals by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in its policy pledges for the imminent election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of Japan’s Diet, informed sources said
New security laws strengthen military bond with United States
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- Operational integration of the Japanese Self Defense Forces into the US military has advanced under Japan’s new security laws, enacted two years ago to allow the key Asian ally of the United States to exercise the right to collective
Abe calls on UN members to unite in pressuring North Korea
September 21, 2017
NEW YORK- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, called on UN member countries to unite in putting pressure on North Korea, following the country’s sixth nuclear test on
Abused children top 30,000 for 1st time in Jan.-June
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- The number of children suspected to have been abused in Japan in January-June topped 30,000 for the first time ever since first-half data started in 2011, the National Policy Agency said Thursday. Police referred a total of 30,262 suspected
Abe to dissolve Lower House at Sept. 28 start of Diet session
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen dissolving the House of Representatives for a snap general election at the start of the planned extraordinary parliamentary session slated for Sept. 28, informed sources said Wednesday. The schedule is being discussed
Visitors to Japan top 20m for 2nd straight year
September 21, 2017
TOKYO- The estimated number of visitors to Japan this year exceeded 20 million on Friday, surpassing the threshold for the second straight year, Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner Akihiko Tamura said Wednesday. The 20-million mark, which was reached about six weeks
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