BOJ’s Kuroda welcomes role of China-led AIIB
May 2, 2017
YOKOHAMA- Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday welcomed the role of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in promoting regional infrastructure investment. It is impossible for the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank alone to meet huge infrastructure
Asahi Shimbun marking 30th anniversary of Hanshin bureau attack
May 2, 2017
Tokyo- On the night of May 3, 1987, a balaclava-wearing man fired a shotgun at two journalists of The Asahi Shimbun, Tomohiro Kojiri and Hyoe Inukai, in the Japanese national daily’s Hanshin bureau in Nishinomiya in the western prefecture of Hyogo.
Cool Biz campaign starts in Tokyo’s gov’t district
May 2, 2017
Tokyo- This year’s Cool Biz campaign, designed to encourage workers to dress lightly during summer to save electricity, started in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki government district on Monday. Many male employees at government agencies showed up without ties on. Some at the Environment
Warship escort shows strength of Japan-US alliance
May 2, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ first-ever operation to protect a US Navy ship was intended to highlight the strength of the bilateral security alliance and warn North Korea against further missile or nuclear tests, officials said. But the operation apparently reflected
No word on Abe-Trump phone talks
May 2, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump had telephone talks on Monday, in the wake of the latest ballistic missile launch by North Korea on Saturday, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. According to the sources, the Japanese
Kumamoto marks 61st anniv. since Minamata disease confirmation
May 2, 2017
MINAMATA, KUMAMOTO PREF.- A ceremony was held on Monday in the southwestern Japan city of Minamata to mark the 61st anniversary of the official recognition of Minamata disease, or mercury poisoning caused by polluted wastewater. Some 700 people, including those who
Onari, SyCip to get awards from Japanese government
May 2, 2017
Two Filipinos will be receiving awards from the Japanese government, the Embassy of Japan said Tuesday. Benedicto Onari and business leader Washington SyCip will be receiving separate awards. The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rossette will be
Kindai University makes tuna skin wallet
May 1, 2017
Tokyo- Kindai University has created a wallet from the skin of bluefin tuna that it fully farmed from eggs for the first time in the world. The black wallet, developed jointly with Cordvan & Co., a leather products maker in the
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