Gov’t worker pay seen rising for 4th year
July 17, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s National Personnel Authority is likely to recommend raising monthly pay for national government workers for the fourth consecutive year in 2017, Jiji Press learned Friday. The move comes as a survey by the agency is expected to show that
Election setback, plunging public support affecting Abe’s strategy
July 17, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s crushing defeat in the July 2 Tokyo metropolitan assembly poll and rapidly falling public support rates for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet are starting to cast a dark shadow on his strategy for
Inspection report on GSDF S. Sudan logs yet to come out
July 17, 2017
TOKYO- A special inspection of Japan’s Defense Ministry has not yet produced a report on the alleged mishandling of daily activity logs written by Ground Self-Defense Force troops on a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. It is being closely watched
Inada, Kaneda seen replaced in Cabinet reshuffle set Aug. 3
July 16, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has set a planned cabinet reshuffle for Aug. 3, informed sources said Saturday, with embattled Defense Minister Tomomi Inada and Justice Minister Katsutoshi Kaneda likely to be replaced. Abe, also president of the ruling Liberal Democratic
Japan wants fix for overpayment for smartphone data use
July 16, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s communications ministry is considering advising the nation’s top three mobile phone carriers to fix the problem of subscribers paying too much for data usage, according to officials. The ministry’s move comes as no small number of smartphone users
Victims of 2007 Niigata quake remembered in ceremony
July 16, 2017
KASHIWAZAKI, NIIGATA PREF.- A memorial ceremony marked the 10th anniversary on Sunday of a deadly 6.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Chuetsu region in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. At 10:13 a.m. (1:13 a.m. GMT), the time when the quake occurred 10 years
New US ambassador to Japan described as bridge builder
July 16, 2017
TOKYO- William Hagerty, who will assume the post of US ambassador to Japan as early as next month, is expected to be a bridge builder between the United States and Japan, rather than a tough negotiator, according to a former boss
42% back “child insuranceˮ for free preschool Jiji poll
July 16, 2017
TOKYO- A Jiji Press opinion survey showed Friday that 42.4 percent of the respondents support a proposed “child insurance” system to make child care and preschool education free of charge by raising social insurance premiums. Those opposing the plan came to 37.4
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