Japan Post raises mail rates for 1st time in 23 years
June 1, 2017
TOKYO- Japan Post Co. raised its mail rates on Thursday, marking their first hike in over 23 years, excluding markups linked to the country’s 1989 introduction of the consumption tax and its increases. The first mail rate hike since January 1994
Lower House approves electoral reform bill
June 1, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to reduce seats and rezone electoral constituencies for the lower chamber of parliament, in order to correct vote-value disparities. The Lower House approved the bill by a majority vote mainly from
Japanese consul-general in Busan to be replaced
June 1, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government said Thursday that Yasuhiro Morimoto, consul-general in Busan, South Korea, will be replaced after about a year in office. It is rare for a Japanese consul-general in the southern South Korean city to be replaced in a
2nd Japanese GPS satellite launched successfully
June 1, 2017
TANEGASHIMA, KAGOSHIMA PREF. The second satellite aimed at realizing Japan’s version of the Global Positioning System was successfully launched on Thursday, with the government planning to send up two more within this year. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and the Japan
UN rapporteur urges Japan to revise secrecy law
May 31, 2017
BERLIN-The Japanese government should revise its state secrecy law to avoid any chilling effects on the work of journalists, David Kaye, UN special rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said Tuesday. Kaye, special rapporteur on the
Toshiba to hold shareholder meeting without FY 2016 report
May 31, 2017
Tokyo- Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday that it will hold a general shareholders’ meeting on June 28 although it will be unable to release its fiscal 2016 business results by that date. At the annual meeting, the struggling Japanese electronics and machinery
Abe admits receiving exec pay from school operator in scandal
May 31, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday he once received executive pay from a school operator proceeding with a new university faculty plan in a deregulation zone. “I served as auditor or something for a few years and received 140,000
China cautious about boosting pressure on North Korea
May 31, 2017
Tokyo- Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi underlined Tuesday the need for diplomatic negotiations with North Korea after Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida urged Beijing to put more pressure on Pyongyang. Meanwhile, Kishida and Yang agreed in their meeting in Tokyo that
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