Softbank soon to announce 10-T.-yen tech fund
May 21, 2017
Tokyo- Softbank Group Corp. will shortly announce the launch of its planned 10-trillion-yen fund for investment in cutting-edge technologies such as the so-called Internet of Things, informed sources have said. Ahead of the launch, Softbank Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
APEC trade ministers reaffirm opposition to protectionism
May 21, 2017
Tokyo- Trade ministers from the 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum reiterated their opposition to protectionism on Sunday. A chairman’s statement released after their two-day meeting in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, through the same day stressed that
G-7 leaders to voice readiness to tighten N. Korea sanctions
May 21, 2017
Tokyo- Leaders of the Group of Seven major countries, in a joint statement to be adopted at their meeting later this month, are expected to show their intention to toughen North Korea sanctions based on relevant UN Security Council resolutions,
Abe congratulates Iranian’s Rouhani on reelection
May 21, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday sent a congratulatory message to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who has won reelection. The Japanese leader called on Rouhani to maintain his stance of cooperating with the international community, adding that Japan hopes
Emperor meets with Argentine president
May 21, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko had a meeting with visiting Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his wife on Saturday morning, as the Emperor was fully back on duty following sick leave earlier this week. The Emperor and the president
11 nations agree to study options for early TPP effectuation
May 21, 2017
HANOI- Ministers from Japan and 10 other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal, excluding the United States, which has pulled out of the pact, agreed on Sunday to study options with the aim of putting the comprehensive, high-standard accord
N. Korea fires ballistic missile again
May 21, 2017
SEOUL- North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a site near Pukchang in the central part of the country around 4:59 p.m. Sunday (7:59 a.m. GMT), according to the South Korean military. The missile is believed to have flown about 500
Abe-Moon summit in July eyed
May 19, 2017
Tokyo- Japan is targeting early July for the first meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and new South Korean President Moon Jae-in, after Abe and Moon’s envoy on Thursday agreed to realize an early fence mending summit. The two countries are at
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