UNSC to meet on N. Korea’s missile launch over Japan
August 29, 2017
NEW YORK- The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday afternoon after North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido the same day. Members will discuss how they should respond to the
North Korea fires missile over Japan without warning
August 29, 2017
TOKYO- North Korea launched a ballistic missile from the country’s western coast over Japan early Tuesday morning without warning, a move that Tokyo has condemned as an “unprecedented” threat.This is the first time that a North Korean missile has flown
Okuhara wins historic world badminton title
August 28, 2017
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND- Nozomi Okuhara became the first Japanese to win the women’s singles title at the World Badminton Championships, in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday, defeating a rival in a grueling final match. Okuhara, 12th in the world rankings and bronze
Abenomics boom ties Japan’s 2nd-longest postwar growth
August 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s current economic expansion, whose start coincided with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s return to power, is believed to have entered its 57th month in August, tying the second-longest boom in the postwar period. The expansionary phase began in December
Ex-PM Hata dies at 82
August 28, 2017
TOKYO- Former Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata died of old age at his home in Tokyo on Monday morning. He was 82. After defecting from the Liberal Democratic Party in a bid to realize political reform, Hata became Japan’s prime
Japan proposes expanding Pacific bluefin tuna catch quotas
August 28, 2017
TOKYO- Japan proposed at an international meeting on Monday that Pacific bluefin tuna catch quotas be raised if resource recovery of the fish, popular for sushi and sashimi, is confirmed. Japan hopes to win an agreement on the proposal during
Patients in 20 prefectures receive illegal umbilical blood injections
August 28, 2017
MATSUYAMA, EHIME PREF.- Patients in some 20 of Japan’s 47 prefectures received illegal injections of umbilical cord blood at clinics, investigative sources said Monday. Some 30 percent of the patients are foreigners, many of whom are Chinese nationals, according to
LDP-Backed candidate wins Ibaraki election
August 28, 2017
MITO, IBARAKI PREF.- Kazuhiko Oigawa, an independent candidate backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito, won Sunday’s gubernatorial election in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. His victory, gained in the first major local poll since the cabinet shakeup early
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