Japanese panel agrees on 25-yen minimum wage increase
July 26, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese government advisory panel agreed Tuesday to propose raising mandatory hourly minimum wages by 25 yen on average in fiscal 2017. The rate of increase for the year that started in April matches the government’s target of around 3 percent.
Tsukiji redevelopment details to be set after relocation
July 26, 2017
TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Tuesday that a detailed plan to redevelop the Tsukiji site in the capital’s Chuo Ward will be produced after the aging wholesale food market there is relocated. In an interview with Jiji Press, Koike also said
Abe corrects statements in hearing
July 26, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he was initially unaware that Kake Educational Institution, headed by a friend of his, was involved in a controversial university faculty plan, correcting his past explanations in parliament.”It’s true that I replied to questions
Noda announces intent to resign from DP exec post
July 26, 2017
TOKYO- Democratic Party Secretary-General Yoshihiko Noda said Tuesday that he will resign from his current post to take the blame for the party’s poor showing in the July 2 Tokyo metropolitan assembly election. “We’ll start our work urgently” to form a new
Abe declines to scrap controversial school plan
July 25, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested Monday that he will stick to a controversial plan to allow Kake Educational Institution, the school operator headed by a close friend of the prime minister, to set up a veterinary faculty in a national
Japan aiming for 30% cut in suicide rate by 2026
July 25, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government said Tuesday it will aim to lower the country’s suicide rate, currently the worst among the Group of Seven advanced nations, by at least 30 pct by 2026 to levels equivalent to those in its G-7
Prayers offered for victims a head of 1st year of Sagamihara massacre
July 25, 2017
SAGAMIHARA, KANAGAWA PREF.- A memorial ceremony was held Monday to pray for the 19 victims of the 2016 knifing rampage at a care facility in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, ahead of the first anniversary of the massacre on Wednesday. The
N. Korea could conduct missile test in days: CNN
July 25, 2017
WASHINGTON- North Korea appears to be preparing to conduct another missile test in days, CNN reported Monday, quoting a US defense official. Transporter vehicles carrying ballistic missile launching equipment were seen arriving in Kusong, northwestern North Korea, on Friday, the official was
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