Abe, Moon remain ready to raise pressure on N. Korea
August 26, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during telephone talks on Friday reaffirmed their countries’ readiness to put more pressure on North Korea, which continues nuclear and missile development. They shared the view that Japan
700 nationals have no family registration in Japan: gov’t tally
August 26, 2017
TOKYO- At least 700 Japanese nationals living in the country had no family registration as of Aug. 10 because paperwork on their births had not been submitted, a Justice Ministry tally showed Friday. In about 70 percnbt of the cases,
30% of Japanese may face rejection after iPS-cell transplants
August 25, 2017
KYOTO- Some 30 percent of Japanese people may experience rejection after receiving transplants of cells developed from induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells of unrelated people, a Japanese research team has found. The team, including Hiroshi Kawamoto, professor at Kyoto
45% of companies face full-time worker shortage
August 25, 2017
TOKYO- A record 45.4 percent of Japanese companies face a shortage of full-time employees, a Teikoku Databank Ltd. survey showed Thursday. The figure is the highest since the private credit research firm started the survey in May 2006 and up
Koike to skip memorial address for Koreans killed in 1923 quake
August 25, 2017
TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike will not send a memorial address for an annual ceremony to mourn for Koreans who died in the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, including those murdered amid postdisaster chaos, it was learned Thursday. The event is
Health ministry to seek record budget for FY 2018
August 25, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday it will make a fiscal 2018 budget request totaling a record 31,429.8 billion yen, up 2.4 percent from the government’s budget for fiscal 2017, which started in April. The ministry’s
Core consumer prices up 0.5% in July
August 25, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s core consumer price index in July rose 0.5 pct from a year earlier, up for the seventh straight month, the internal affairs ministry said Friday. The increase, faster than a 0.4 pct rise in June, reflected hikes in
3,800 more elementary, junior high school workers to be sought
August 25, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s education ministry plans to demand an increase of 3,800 in the quota of public elementary and junior high school staff in fiscal 2018, aiming chiefly to better prepare for English education, Jiji Press learned Thursday. With English set
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