Nikkei hits 17-month closing high after Macron victory
May 8, 2017
Tokyo- The benchmark Nikkei average surged to hit a 17-month closing high on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, following the victory of centrist Emmanuel Macron, a pro-European Union candidate, in the French presidential runoff on Sunday. The 225-issue Nikkei closed
Abe sends congratulations to Macron
May 8, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent Monday a congratulatory message to pro-European Union centrist Emmanuel Macron, who won the French presidential election on Sunday. Macron’s election “is a symbolic victory over inward-oriented and protectionist moves and a vote of confidence
Abe vows to regain trust with results in reconstruction efforts
May 8, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed Monday to achieve results in reconstruction efforts in areas devastated by the March 2011 disaster to regain public trust in his government damaged by a recent gaffe by a former minister. “Reconstruction work must
Japan aims to spread Olympic economic benefits nationwide
May 8, 2017
Tokyo- Japan plans to establish by year-end a council composed of the central and local governments and the private sector to discuss ways to spread expected economic benefits from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics nationwide, sources have said. The central
MinebeaMitsumi to invest $65 million for eastern Slovakia plant
May 7, 2017
BRATISLAVA- The construction work for an engineering and electronic industry plant to be built by Japanese company MinebeaMitsumi started on Friday in Kosice, eastern Slovakia, local media reported. For this plant, MinebeaMitsumi reportedly will invest at least 60 million euros (65.9
Chinese submersible explores turbidity current in South China sea
May 7, 2017
ABOARD SHIP XIANGYANGHONG- Jiaolong, China’s manned submersible, explored submarine turbidity currents in the South China Sea on Saturday. With a maximum depth of 2,980 meters, Jiaolong was underwater for nine hours and 54 minutes in its seventh dive in the second
Okinoshima alone set to make World Cultural Heritage list
May 7, 2017
Tokyo- A UNESCO advisory body has made a recommendation to put the island of Okinoshima, an ancient religious site in Japan, on the World Heritage list, the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency said Friday. But the International Council on Monuments and
Japan, China agree on joint studies at financial dialogue
May 7, 2017
YOKOHAMA- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and his Chinese counterpart, Xiao Jie, met in Yokohama on Saturday for the first Japan-China financial dialogue in two years, agreeing to launch joint studies on measures to alter economic structures of their countries. The
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