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
Japan logs trade surplus of 113.6 billion yen in August
September 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s customs-cleared trade balance resulted in 113.6 billion yen in surplus in August, staying in the black for the third straight month, Ministry of Finance data showed Wednesday. But the surplus shrank from the levels of over 400 billion
Eyeing election, Abe aims to use tax revenue growth for free education
September 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe now plans to use increased government revenue from the planned consumption tax increase in October 2019 for realizing free education, informed sources said Tuesday. Abe, thus, aims to change the agreed usage of the
Kono publicizes “quality infrastructure”
September 20, 2017
NEW YORK- Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono publicized his country’s “quality infrastructure” in a speech at a conference on assistance to developing nations here on Tuesday. “Substandard infrastructure will not only inhibit sustainable development, but could even become bottlenecks
Toshiba decides to sell chip unit to Bain-led team
September 20, 2017
TOKYO- Troubled Japanese electronics and machinery giant Toshiba Corp. decided at a board meeting Wednesday to sell its prized flash memory unit to a Japanese-US-South Korean consortium led by US private equity fund Bain Capital, informed sources said. Toshiba plans
Tokyo pledges up to $4m in aid to Rohingya Muslims
September 20, 2017
NEW YORK- Japan will provide up to 4 million dollars in humanitarian aid to Rohingya Muslims, a religious and ethnic minority group facing persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, Foreign Minister Taro Kono announced Tuesday. The emergency aid, such as for purchases
Trump’s remark raises hopes over North Korea abduction issue
September 20, 2017
KAWASAKI, KANAGAWA PREF.- US President Donald Trump’s reference to the abduction of a 13-year-old Japanese girl decades ago by North Korea presents an opportunity to resolve the abduction issue between the two Asian countries, her mother said Wednesday. Sakie Yokota,
Abe calls for creating environment forcing North Korea to seek talks
September 20, 2017
NEW YORK- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underscored the importance of creating an environment that forces North Korea to seek talks, during a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Abe said
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