Ministry to aid people with limited shopping access
July 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s internal affairs ministry on Wednesday urged the country’s central and local governments to do more to address an expected rise in the number of people with limited access to grocery stores. An increasing number of people in Japan are expected
Inada denies endorsing cover-up of GSDF South Sudan reports
July 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Wednesday denied media reports that she endorsed the idea of keeping undisclosed information that the Ground Self-Defense Force held controversial daily reports on GSDF activities in South Sudan. “It’s completely untrue that I approved a
Squid fishermen driven off by N. Korean boats
July 20, 2017
SAKATA, YAMAGATA PREF.- Ken Honma is angry over suspicious boats thought to be of North Korean origin that have driven him and fellow Japanese fishermen out of fertile fishing grounds within Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan.
Number of crimes on track to hit postwar low in 2017
July 20, 2017
TOKYO- The number of criminal offenses reported to police in Japan in January-June fell 7.7 percent from a year earlier to 450,887, on track to hit an annual postwar low, a National Police Agency report showed Thursday. The annual crime
Japan logs half-year trade surplus for 3rd straight time
July 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japan logged a customs-cleared trade surplus of 1,044.4 billion yen in January-June, the third straight black ink on a half-year basis, the Ministry of Finance said Thursday. The amount, however, slumped 41.1 percent from a year before, as higher
Abe to attend Lower House meeting on Kake scandal Monday
July 20, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Democratic Party agreed Wednesday to hold a House of Representatives committee meeting on Monday attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, over a favoritism scandal involving Kake Educational Institution, headed by a friend of Abe.
South Korea to examine comfort women deal with Japan: paper
July 19, 2017
SEOUL- The South Korean government will set up a task force to examine the landmark 2015 bilateral agreement with Japan to resolve the so-called comfort women issue “finally and irreversibly,” the South Korean daily Joong-Ang Ilbo reported Wednesday.South Korean Foreign Minister
Japanese bitcoin exchange operators to suspend trading
July 19, 2017
TOKYO- Thirteen Japanese bitcoin exchange operators said Tuesday they will suspend deposits and withdrawals of the virtual currency from midnight July 31 (3 p.m. GMT) in order to prevent possible confusion stemming from an expected separation of the trading system. They aim to protect customers’
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