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,

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Chinese bombers fly close to Japan’s Kii Peninsula

August 25, 2017

TOKYO- Chinese bombers flew close to the Kii Peninsula in western Japan for the first time ever on Thursday, Japanese government officials said Friday. Japan will keep a close watch on Chinese activities, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a

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