Advisory panel postpones decision on Kake school plan
August 11, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese government advisory panel has postponed its decision on whether to approve a plan to establish a new veterinary medicine faculty by Kake Educational Institution, a school operator at the center of a favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister
Ishiba most popular pick as next PM.: Jiji poll
August 11, 2017
TOKYO- Former Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba is the most popular pick among the public as a politician deemed preferable to become Japan’s next prime minister, a Jiji Press poll has found. Fully 18.0 percent of the respondents chose
Mitsubishi Heavy again ordered to compensate for wartime labor
August 11, 2017
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA- Gwangju District Court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Friday to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during World War II. The court ordered the Japanese company to pay 100 million to 150 million won
National debt rises to record 1,078 trillion yen
August 11, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s national debt hit a record 1,078,966.4 billion yen at the end of June, the Finance Ministry said Thursday. The national debt, or the combined balance of Japanese government bonds, securities and borrowings, increased 7,407 billion yen from three
Defense ministry OKs Osprey flights in Japan
August 11, 2017
TOKYO- The Defense Ministry said Friday it has decided to accept MV-22 Osprey flights in Japan as the United States took steps for safe flights of the tilt-rotor transport aircraft following a recent fatal crash. Japan and the United States
Japan may shoot down Guam-bound N. Korea missiles: minister
August 11, 2017
TOKYO- Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera indicated Thursday that it is possible for Japan to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles aimed at areas around Guam by exercising the right to collective self-defense based on the country’s national security laws. “A
Record number of foreign trainee employers violated labor laws in ’16: ministry
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- A record number of employers accepting trainees from abroad under Japan’s Technical Intern Training Program violated labor laws in 2016, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The number of factories, offices and other business bases where such law violations were
Japan economy ministry to promote telework every month
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is considering promoting telework every month in a program covering all of its employees, Jiji Press learned Wednesday. The ministry will choose a specific day of the month as Telework Day when
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