Producer prices up 2.6% in July
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s producer prices in July increased 2.6 percent from a year earlier, up for the seventh straight month, following a rise in prices of crude oil, iron ores and other materials, the Bank of Japan said Thursday. The rate
Toshiba obtains qualified opinion from auditor
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- Toshiba Corp.said on Thursday it has obtained a “qualified opinion” from its auditor for its financial statement for the year ended last March, averting the risk of an immediate delisting of its stock. The company’s stock is unlikely to
Japan prepared for anything regarding N. Korea missiles: Suga
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday emphasized Japan’s full readiness in regard to North Korea’s claim that it plans to fire ballistic missiles into waters off the coast of Guam. The plan is “a clear provocation against
Abe Cabinet public support rebounds to 36.6%: Jiji poll
August 10, 2017
TOKYO- Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet rebounded 6.7 percentage points in August from a month before to 36.6 percent, after falling below 30 percent in the previous month, a Jiji Press survey revealed Thursday. The higher
N. Korea mulls firing of 4 missiles to fly over Japan to around Guam
August 10, 2017
SEOUL- North Korea is considering a plan to simultaneously fire four intermediate-range ballistic missiles to areas around Guam through the sky above western Japan, state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Thursday, quoting a senior military commander. The Hwasong-12 missiles
New National Tax Agency chief skips inaugural press conference
August 9, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s National Tax Agency said Tuesday that its new chief, Nobuhisa Sagawa, will not hold an inaugural press conference. It is unusual for a new commissioner of the agency to skip such a news conference to address the person’s
Food self-sufficiency rate hits 23-year low in FY 2016
August 9, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s food self-sufficiency rate hit a 23-year low on a calorie basis in fiscal 2016, which ended in March, due mainly to falling rice consumption, the farm ministry said Wednesday. The self-sufficiency rate fell one percentage point from the
Nagasaki mayor calls for end to reliance on nuke weapons
August 9, 2017
NAGASAKI- Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue called for an end to countries’ reliance on nuclear weapons as a means to protect themselves, as the southwestern Japan city marked the 72nd anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Wednesday. In his annual
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