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
Abe not mulling replacing new Okinawa minister over gaffes
August 9, 2017
NAGASAKI- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday indicated that he does not plan to replace Tetsuma Esaki as cabinet minister over gaffes that Esaki made just after he took office last week. “I want him to continue to perform
ARF chair’s statement shows “grave concern” over N. Korea
August 9, 2017
MANILA- A statement issued on Tuesday by the chairman of a Manila ministerial meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum showed “grave concern” over recent developments related to North Korea, including its firing of intercontinental ballistic missiles last month. The ICBM
Hosono gives letter of resignation to DP
August 9, 2017
TOKYO- Goshi Hosono, former deputy president of the main opposition Democratic Party, submitted a letter of resignation to the party on Tuesday. On reasons for leaving the DP, Hosono, a House of Representatives lawmaker, said at a press conference, “Working
US beef exports to Japan jump 23% in Jan.-June
August 9, 2017
TOKYO- US beef exports to Japan jumped 23 pct from a year earlier to 150,812 tons in January-June, before the Asian nation activated a safeguard measure to cope with a surge in imports of the US produce on Aug. 1,
New Foreign Minister Kono draws mixed reactions in Japan gov’t
August 9, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese government officials have expressed mixed feelings over the new foreign minister, Taro Kono, for past criticism of the ministry he now heads and his relatively warm ties with China and South Korea. Kono, known for his outspokenness, has
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