Summer bonuses up 1.9% for national civil servants
July 1, 2017
Tokyo- Summer bonuses paid to rank-and-file national civil servants in Japan on Friday stood at 642,100 yen on average, up 12,000 yen, or 1.9 percent, from a year earlier. The increase reflected an amendment to the public officials remuneration law, based on a
JXTG aiming to enhance int’l competitiveness
July 1, 2017
Tokyo- JXTG Holdings Inc. President Yukio Uchida in a recent interview with Jiji Press has expressed his eagerness to enhance the top Japanese oil wholesaler’s international competitiveness. “We have to take our competitiveness against foreign rivals” to a higher level, Uchida
Japan, US, S. Korea to hold summit in Germany next week
July 1, 2017
WASHINGTON- US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday they will hold a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Germany next week. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of a summit of the Group
Japan, EU ministers remain divided over cheese in EPA talks
July 1, 2017
Tokyo- Japan and the European Union remained divided over key pending issues, such as Japanese tariffs on cheese imported from Europe, at a ministerial meeting in Tokyo Friday. Japanese and EU ministers will meet again for further talks on a proposed economic
3 Ex-TEPCO execs plead not guilty over 2011 Fukushima N-Crisis
July 1, 2017
Tokyo- Three former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. pleaded not guilty at the start of their trial on Friday over Japan’s worst-ever nuclear accident, which occurred at the company’s tsunami-stricken Fukushima No. 1 power station in March 2011. In the
Job openings ratio hits 43-year high in May
June 30, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s seasonally adjusted ratio of effective job openings to seekers in May rose to 1.49, the highest level since February 1974, while the jobless rate in the same month worsened for the first time in six months, government data
Cruise ships to be hotels during Tokyo Olympics
June 30, 2017
Tokyo- The government plans to use cruise liners stopping in Japan as hotels for visitors to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, informed sources said Thursday. The government on Thursday held the first meeting of division head-class officials from related agencies to examine problems
Household spending down for 15 months in row
June 30, 2017
Tokyo- Consumption spending by households in Japan in May dropped 0.1 percent from a year before in price-adjusted real terms, down for the 15th consecutive month, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Friday. Spending by households with two or
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