Producer prices decline 2.3 pct in FY 2016
April 12, 2017
TOKYO – Japan’s average producer prices in fiscal 2016 fell 2.3 pct from the previous year, down for the second straight year, the Bank of Japan said Wednesday. The drop reflected weakness in the prices of such commodities as crude
Planned US base runways in Okinawa “too shortˮ
April 12, 2017
WASHINGTON – The V-shaped runways of a new facility planned to be built in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture for the US Marine Corps will be “too short for certain aircraft.” the US Government Accountability Office said in a recent report. The
German soccer team bus carrying Kagawa hit by explosions
April 12, 2017
FRANKFURT – A bus carrying members of the German soccer team Borussia Dortmund, including Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa, was hit by explosions in Dortmund in western Germany on Tuesday. According to the Japanese consulate-general in Duesseldorf and other sources, Kagawa
February core machinery orders up 1.5 pct
April 12, 2017
TOKYO – Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in February rose 1.5 pct from the previous month, the Cabinet Office said Wednesday. Private-sector orders excluding those for ships and power equipment, closely watched as a leading indicator of corporate capital
Japan, France to cooperate in Martian moon exploration
April 11, 2017
TOKYO- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, has announced that it and French space body CNES concluded an agreement to cooperate in a project to bring back samples from a Martian moon. In the Martian Moons Exploration, or MMX, project,
New high school opens in former Fukushima evacuation zone
April 11, 2017
MINAMISOMA, FUKUSHIMA PREF- A new high school opened on Tuesday through a merger of two schools in the Fukushima Prefecture city of Minamisoma, for which a nuclear evacuation advisory was lifted last July. It is the first time for a high
Toshiba files unapproved report, posting 532b yen net loss
April 11, 2017
TOKYO- Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday released its earnings report for April-December last year without obtaining approval from its auditing company, posting a consolidated net loss of 532,512 million yen. Failing to win the approval of the auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LCC, by
Japan sheds tears as Asada hangs up boots
April 11, 2017
TOKYO- Monday’s abrupt announcement by Japanese female figure skating icon Mao Asada of her decision to retire from competition has saddened many people in the country, including other skaters and locals in her hometown. “You’ve really done great for such a
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