Diet OKs bill aimed at accelerating Fukushima reconstruction
May 12, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese Diet enacted Friday a bill aimed at accelerating the state-led reconstruction of Fukushima Prefecture from the nuclear disaster triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which hit particularly hard the northeastern Japan region of Tohoku. The
Tokyo to pay for all temporary Olympic facilities in other prefecture.
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said Thursday that the metropolitan government will shoulder all costs to develop temporary facilities for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in seven prefectures outside the Japanese capital. Koike unveiled the plan in a meeting with Prime
Panasonic to launch OLED TVs in June
May 11, 2017
OSAKA- Panasonic Corp. has announced a plan to release organic light-emitting diode television sets compatible with the 4K ultrahigh-definition format on June 16, marking its entry into the Japanese OLED TV market. Among rivals, Toshiba Corp. launched OLED TV sets in
Not only for New Year, herring roe promoted for other periods
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- Herring roe is a fixture of traditional New Year’s dishes in Japan but demand falls drastically after the holiday season, much to the dismay of local producers and processing industry groups. In order to sustain demand, they have stepped up
Onaga asks gov’t for support for Okinawa development
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga called on the Japanese government on Wednesday to support the development of the southernmost Japan prefecture, including through the utilization of a housing area that was returned to Japan by the US military in 2015. Onaga
New employees want holidays over pay growth, say’s survey
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- New employees want more holidays and less overtime work rather than pay growth, according to a recent survey by Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co. The annual survey, taken from late March to early April, asked rookies who joined last
Bill on Emperor Akihito’s abdication seen being enacted this month
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- A government-drafted special bill to allow Japanese Emperor Akihito to step down is expected to be enacted this month, with the main opposition Democratic Party, as well as the ruling coalition, seen as ready to vote for it. On Wednesday,
Current account FY 2016 surplus hits 9-year high
May 11, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s current account surplus in fiscal 2016 topped 20 trillion yen for the first time in nine years, thanks chiefly to oil and gas price falls, government data showed Thursday. The country’s current account surplus in the year that ended
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