Wireless LAN to be installed at national parks
July 25, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Environment Ministry will set up public wireless LAN services at national parks by the end of fiscal 2017, hoping to draw more overseas tourists. Under a project announced last week by the ministry, free wireless LAN will be
Okinawa sues gov’t to stop landfill work for US base
July 25, 2017
NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- The Okinawa prefectural government filed a lawsuit on Monday against the central government to stop landfill work for the planned relocation of a controversial US military base within the southernmost prefecture. Okinawa will lock horns with Tokyo again before
Japan Coast Guard patrol and training vessel Kojima arrives
July 24, 2017
The 115-meter Japan Coast Guard patrol and training vessel Kojima PL-21 arrived at the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) headquarters in Manila on Monday morning. According to the PCG the vessel with 40 crews and 50 trainees on-board has arrived in
Developing parking lots for Tokyo Games a race against time
July 24, 2017
TOKYO- The postponement of the relocation of Tokyo’s iconic Tsukiji wholesale food market has also put a damper on infrastructure development for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. For the 2020 Games, parking lots and roads are set to
Opposition-backed candidate wins Sendai mayoral poll
July 24, 2017
SENDAI, MIYAGI PREF.- Opposition-backed former House of Representatives lawmaker Kazuko Kori won Sunday’s mayoral election in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration. First-time independent candidate Kori, 60, supported by the Democratic
US, Russia, China to join nuclear talks
July 24, 2017
KOBE- Experts from 10 nations, including nuclear powers–the United States, Russia and China–will join an eminent persons group the Japanese government will set up to discuss nuclear disarmament, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday. Japan wants to see “nuclear and
Australia probing Takata air bag recall after fatal accident
July 24, 2017
SYDNEY- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said Monday it is investigating the recall of defective air bags made by Japan’s Takata Corp. after the first fatal accident in the country apparently linked to the safety equipment. The commission said
Extra grants to hosts of aged n-reactors total 2.7 billion yen
July 24, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government provided a total of 2.7 billion yen by fiscal 2016 in extra grants paid only to municipalities that host aged nuclear reactors more than 40 years old, Jiji Press learned Sunday. Experts question the system that boosts
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