Koike on Time’s 100 most influential people list
April 20, 2017
NEW YORK- Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has made US magazine Time’s 100 Most Influential People list for this year, released on Thursday. Koike, who was elected administrative head of the Japanese capital in July last year, was chosen in the Pioneers
Scandal-hit lawmaker Nagawa to quit ruling LDP
April 20, 2017
Tokyo- Scandal-hit Japanese lawmaker Toshinao Nakagawa on Friday offered to quit the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, three days after he resigned as parliamentary vice minister of economy, trade and industry over an extramarital affair. Nakagawa, a member of the House of
Aso, Mnuchin affirm opposition to excessive forex fluctuations
April 20, 2017
WASHINGTON- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday confirmed a Group of 20 stance that excessive fluctuations in foreign exchange rates are undesirable, Aso told reporters following their meeting in Washington. While US President Donald
Abe to shorten overseas tour on North Korea tensions
April 20, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to shorten his upcoming overseas tour, due to heightening tensions over North Korea, government officials said Friday. Abe will visit Russia and Britain as planned, but will cancel trips to Norway, Denmark, Finland and
Moritomo Gakuen files for bankruptcy protection
April 20, 2017
OSAKA- Moritomo Gakuen, a Japanese school operator at the center of a controversial state land deal, filed for court protection from creditors under the civil rehabilitation law on Friday. Moritomo Gakuen, based in Osaka, western Japan, has estimated liabilities totaling 2
Japanese descendant in North Korea voices wish to visit parents’ grave
April 19, 2017
HAMHUNG, NORTH KOREA- An 84-year-old Japanese descendant living in North Korea told a group of visiting Japanese journalists on Wednesday that she wishes to visit the grave of her parents from Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. North Korea arranged the rare press
TEPCO vows improvements after false quake-resistance reporting
April 19, 2017
NIIGATA- Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. vowed Wednesday to take preventive measures after its false reporting about earthquake resistance of a key facility at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture. “Our explanations to local communities (about the facility’s seismic
IMF revises up Japan 2017 growth estimate to 1.2%
April 19, 2017
WASHINGTON- The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that it projects 1.2 percent growth in the Japanese economy in 2017, up 0.4 percentage point from its previous projection in January. The forecast for the world economy was revised up 0.1 point to
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