Tokyo court finds pay gaps between regular, non-regular workers unjustifiable

September 15, 2017

TOKYO- Tokyo District Court ruled Thursday that gaps in pay between regular and nonregular employees at Japan Post Co. are unjustifiable. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by three nonregular Japan Post workers seeking a total of 15 million

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UNSC to meet on another N. Korea missile launch over Japan

September 15, 2017

NEW YORK- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday afternoon after North Korea fired another ballistic missile over the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on the same day. Japan, the United States and South Korea requested

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Abe Cabinet approval rating rises to 41.8%: Jiji survey

September 15, 2017

TOKYO- Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet rose 5.2 percentage points from August to 41.8 percent this month, outpacing disapproval for the first time in three months, a Jiji Press poll showed on Friday. The disapproval rating

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2 more lawmakers submit resignations from DP

September 15, 2017

TOKYO- Two more Japanese House of Representatives lawmakers handed letters of resignation from the main opposition Democratic Party to Secretary-General Atsushi Oshima on Friday. The two, Hirofumi Ryu and Yuichi Goto, are expected to join a new party that former

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Komeito chief, in Moscow, calls for advancing isle talks

September 14, 2017

MOSCOW- Visiting Komeito leader Natsuo Yamaguchi stressed on Wednesday that now is the time to move forward in territorial talks between Tokyo and Moscow on four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. “We now see a golden opportunity (to advance the

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Mazda to launch new CX-8 SUV in December

September 14, 2017

TOKYO- Mazda Motor Corp. said Thursday it will launch a high-end large sport-utility vehicle in Japan on Dec. 14. Equipped with a 2,200 cc clean diesel engine, the Japanese automaker’s flagship SUV, named the CX-8, is 4.9 meters long, about

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Supermarkets, convenience stores cutting prices

September 14, 2017

TOKYO- Supermarkets and convenience stores in Japan are cutting prices on processed food products and daily necessities, as concern over the future course of the economy and sluggish growth in disposable income leave customers reluctant to loosen their purse strings.

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Ministry mistakenly fails to pay pension benefits

September 14, 2017

TOKYO- Japan’s welfare ministry said Wednesday the “kyosai nenkin” pension program mainly for government employees mistakenly failed to pay 59.8 billion yen of add-on benefits, a record amount of nonpayment by the program. The ministry will inform the 105,963 recipients

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