The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

US court cancels Toshiba’s halt of info sharing with Western Digital

July 12, 2017

SILICON VALLEY- A California superior court has issued a provisional injunction against Toshiba Corp.’s suspension of information sharing with Western Digital Corp., a joint venture partner of the struggling Japanese company, the US hard disk drive maker said Tuesday. The court

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35 Japanese held in China over money scams

July 12, 2017

BEIJING- Chinese authorities took 35 Japanese nationals into custody in Fujian Province this month, for alleged involvement in “furikome” money transfer scams in Japan, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Wednesday. The Japanese government was informed of their detention on

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Abe administration alarmed by slumping approval ratings

July 12, 2017

TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is eager to turn around slumping public support for his cabinet, but there appears little prospect of containing high-profile favoritism allegations against him. Media polls earlier this month showed the Abe cabinet’s approval ratings falling

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 Anti-conspiracy law comes into force

July 11, 2017

TOKYO- The anti-conspiracy law took effect in Japan on Tuesday, allowing authorities to criminalize planning and preparations to commit serious crimes, including terrorist attacks. The government now plans to ratify promptly the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime so that

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Faulty Takata air bag likely caused 12th death in US

July 11, 2017

NEW YORK- A fatal incident that occurred during repair work on a Honda Motor Co.  vehicle in Florida in June last year was likely due to the rupture of a driver’s air bag inflator made by Takata Corp. , Honda

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Ex-MtGox chief denies embezzlement at court

July 11, 2017

TOKYO- Mark Karpeles, former head of MtGox Co., the failed operator of an exchange for virtual currency bitcoin, pleaded innocent to corporate embezzlement at the first hearing of his trial at Tokyo District Court on Tuesday. According to the indictment,

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South Korea minister broaches idea of comfort women museum

July 11, 2017

SEOUL- South Korean Minister of Gender Equality and Family Chung Hyun-back unveiled Monday the idea of creating a museum dedicated to so-called wartime comfort women, who were forced to work in brothels for former Japanese troops. It would be the first dedicated

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Japan, US, India kick off joint naval drill

July 11, 2017

CHENNAI- Japan, the United States and India kicked off a joint naval exercise at a port in Chennai, eastern India, on Monday as they aim to bolster their maritime security cooperation in an effort to counter China’s expansion in the Indian Ocean.

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