Yamaguchi governor accepts US aircraft transfer plan
June 30, 2017
YAMAGUCHI- Yamaguchi Governor Tsugumasa Muraoka on Friday accepted a plan to transfer US carrier-based aircraft to the city of Iwakuni in his western Japan prefecture from Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The US military is expected to start the aircraft relocation to
Stricken destroyer Fitzgerald to return to US for repairs
June 30, 2017
YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA PREF.- The US Navy plans to send the Aegis destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged in a recent collision with a Filipino container ship off central Japan, back to the US mainland for long-term repairs, informed sources said Friday. If the
Defense chief apologizes for gaffe
June 30, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada apologized Friday for her remarks earlier this week implying that her ministry and the Self-Defense Forces are behind a ruling party candidate in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election set for Sunday. “I retract the remarks and apologize,”
Govʼt refuses to dismiss Inada
June 29, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s government and ruling party on Wednesday refused an opposition demand for the dismissal of Defense Minister Tomomi Inada following her controversial campaign remarks about the Self-Defense Forces. The government sees it necessary for Inada to “continue to perform her duties
Retail sales up 2% in May
June 29, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s retail sales rose 2 percent in May from a year before to 11,759 billion yen, marking their seventh straight month of increase, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a preliminary report Thursday. Automobile sales grew
Japanʼs gifts to FIFA boss, executives revealed: FIFA report
June 29, 2017
Tokyo- Japan gave gifts worth up to some 190,000 yen apiece to then FIFA President Sepp Blatter and other executives of the international football association as well as wives of executives during the bidding process for the 2022 World Cup,
Japan, EU eyeing possible political settlement in EPA talks
June 29, 2017
Tokyo- Japan and the European Union are now eyeing the possibility of pursuing a political settlement on an envisaged economic partnership agreement, as their final-stage working-level negotiations on the trade deal are getting bogged down about the handling of tariffs
LDP may set rough draft for constitutional revisions in September
June 29, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will draw up a rough draft of its constitutional amendment proposal as early as September, LDP Vice President Masahiko Komura said Wednesday. Komura made the remark in an interview with Jiji Press after Prime
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