Parcel delivery services at turning point
June 7, 2017
Tokyo- The widespread use of online shopping has brought “takuhai” door-to-door parcel delivery services in Japan to a turning point, with steep increases in deliveries causing an acute shortage of truck drivers and making it difficult for service providers to continue
US Osprey aircraft makes preventive landing in Okinawa
June 7, 2017
NAHA, OKINAWA PREF.- A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a preventive landing Tuesday night in the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The Osprey made the landing at the US military’s auxiliary
Record-low percentage of people planning Father’s Day gifts
June 7, 2017
Tokyo- The percentage of people in Japan who are willing to give their dads gifts on Father’s Day has dropped to a record low, a Nippon Life Insurance Co. survey revealed Tuesday. According to the survey results, 42.7 pct of respondents
Households on welfare hit record high in March
June 7, 2017
Tokyo- The number of households on welfare in Japan in March increased by 2,588 from the previous month to hit a record high of 1,641,523, up for the first time in three months, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said
Japan, Vietnam affirm cooperation over South China sea situation
June 7, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Vietnamese counterpart, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on Tuesday confirmed their countries’ cooperation to ensure the rule of law and peacefully resolve disputes in the South China Sea, where China is promoting a military
Upper house rejects dismissal of judicial panel chairman
June 7, 2017
Tokyo- The House of Councillors rejected Wednesday an opposition-sponsored resolution demanding the dismissal of Kozo Akino, chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee of the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament. The resolution, submitted by the major opposition Democratic Party, was
Possible ex-Japanese detainee in Siberia found in Russia
June 6, 2017
Moscow- A man believed to be a former Japanese detainee in Siberia has been found living in Russia’s Leningrad region, informed sources said Monday. The Japanese consulate-general in St. Petersburg is confirming the identity of the man, believed to be Akio
LDP to draw up constitutional revision plan by yearend
June 6, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday confirmed a plan to draw up its proposals on constitutional revisions within this year. “We want to come up with our party’s specific proposals that can be presented to the constitutional committees (of
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