Japan, EU eyeing broad EPA accord in July
June 13, 2017
Tokyo- Japan and the European Union are accelerating work to reach a broad accord on a much-awaited economic partnership agreement for free trade within July. Leaders of Japan and the EU are expected to hold a meeting in early July on
Court rejects demand to block restart of Genkai N-reactors
June 13, 2017
SAGA- Saga District Court on Tuesday rejected a request from local residents for an injunction to block the planned restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japan
6 major countries, plus Japan, vow to implement Paris pact without US
June 13, 2017
BOLOGNA, ITALY- Environment ministers of the Group of Seven major industrialized countries ended their two-day meeting in Italy Monday, with six countries, other than the United States, reaffirming a policy of implementing the 2015 Paris climate accord. The ministers of Britain,
S. Koreans unable to accept comfort women deal: Moon
June 13, 2017
SEOUL- South Koreans cannot accept a December 2015 agreement with Japan to resolve the comfort women issue, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday. Moon made the remark to Toshihiro Nikai, visiting secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in a
Nikai, Abeʼs special envoy, meets S. Korean Pres. Moon
June 12, 2017
SEOUL- Japanese ruling party executive Toshihiro Nikai, acting as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s special envoy, visited South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday, to lay the groundwork for an Abe-Moon summit expected to take place early next month.Before the meeting
Giant panda at Ueno Zoo gives 1st birth in 5 years
June 12, 2017
Ueno Zoological Gardens official Mikako Kaneko (2nd L, top) answers questions while zoo director Yutaka Fukuda (L) looks on during a press conference to announce the birth of a baby panda in Tokyo on June 12, 2017. A Japanese zoo celebrated the first
Depopulated Western Japan village studying shift to direct democracy
June 12, 2017
OKAWA, KOCHI PREF.- A village in Japan’s Shikoku western region declared Monday that it has started considering scrapping its current assembly of elected representatives and shifting to direct democracy, since its tiny population may make it hard to maintain the local
Missile evacuation drill held in N-Plant host prefecture
June 12, 2017
TSUBAME, NIIGATA PREF.- An evacuation drill was held Monday in Tsubame, Niigata Prefecture, under the scenario that a ballistic missile had fallen around the city in the central Japan prefecture. It was the first such drill in a prefecture in Japan
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