Recall-hit Takata files for bankruptcy protection
June 26, 2017
Tokyo- Troubled air bag maker Takata Corp. on Monday filed with Tokyo District Court for bankruptcy protection under Japan’s civil rehabilitation law, in the largest manufacturing business failure in postwar Japan. The court accepted the bankruptcy filing, decided at a meeting of
Owners unclear for 20% of land in Japan: panel
June 26, 2017
Tokyo- Some 20 percent of Japan’s land plots have no identified owners because the registration information has not been updated for many years, a panel mainly comprising private-sector experts estimated in a report on Monday. The land, totaling some 4.1 million hectares,
“Black Widow” pleads innocent
June 26, 2017
Tokyo- Representing a 70-year-old woman accused of being a “black widow” killer, a lawyer pleaded not guilty on Monday to the murder of three men and attempted murder of another with poison in western Japan between 2007 and 2013. In the first hearing
Tokyo assembly poll seen as major test for Abe administration
June 26, 2017
Tokyo- The Tokyo metropolitan assembly election on July 2 is expected to serve as a major test for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration at a time when recent media opinion polls have shown sharp falls in public support for his cabinet. Depending
New TEPCO leaders vow Fukushima N-Plant decommissioning
June 26, 2017
FUKUSHIMA- The new leaders of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. told Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori on Monday of their resolve to promote the decommissioning of the company’s disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. “There is no change at all that Fukushima
Coincident economy index for April revised lower
June 26, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s Cabinet Office said Monday it has revised down the composite index of coincident economic indicators for April. The revised coincident CI, which reflects current economic conditions, stood at 117.1 against 100 for the base year of 2010, down from 117.7 in
Smoke bomb set off at Keyakizaka46 event; man with knife nabbed
June 25, 2017
CHIBA- A man set off a smoke bomb at a fan event of Japanese all-girl idol group Keyakizaka46 in the city of Chiba, the capital of the namesake prefecture in eastern Japan, on Saturday evening The Chiba prefectural police department arrested
Abe ready to allow more animal medicine faculties
June 25, 2017
KOBE- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday expressed his willingness to allow the launch of more university faculties of veterinary medicine, on top of one planned by Kake Educational Institution, led by a friend of his, in a national strategic special
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