Nippon Ishin no Kai sets sights on Tokyo election
March 26, 2017
Tokyo- The leader of Nippon Ishin no Kai, at a party convention in Tokyo on Saturday, expressed his resolve to gain more power for the opposition party through elections, including the closely watched Tokyo metropolitan assembly poll in July. Highlighting the
UN nuclear ban treaty panel chair hopes for Japan cooperation
March 26, 2017
New York- Elayne Whyte Gomez, chair of the upcoming UN meetings aimed at concluding a treaty to impose a legal ban on nuclear weapons, has expressed her hopes for participation and cooperation from Japan and other nations, including nuclear powers, in
Gov’t to name Kobayakawa as TEPCO president
March 26, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to appoint Tomoaki Kobayakawa, a board director of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. as president of the company, which is under effective state control, it was learned Sunday. Currently, Kobayakawa, 53, also serves as president
Opposition camp seeks testimony by Abe wife on land contract
March 26, 2017
Tokyo- Four opposition parties demanded Sunday sworn testimony in parliament by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s wife, Akie, on a questionable discount sale of state land to nationalist school operator Moritomo Gakuen. But Hakubun Shimomura, executive acting secretary-general of the ruling
Honda to end 50-year history of Monkey motorcycle
March 25, 2017
Tokyo- Honda Motor Co. said Friday that it will cease the production of the Monkey, a 50cc motorcycle, at the end of August, putting an end to its 50-year history. The Japanese company made the decision, as the domestic market for
5,805 foreigners refused entry to Japan in 2016
March 25, 2017
Tokyo- The number of foreign visitors who were refused entry to Japan in 2016 rose 25.9 pct from the previous year to 5,805, the Justice Ministry said Friday. The figure surpassed 5,000 for the first time in eight years. By nationality,
Senior cabinet member pays official visit to Taiwan
March 25, 2017
Taipei- A senior Japanese cabinet member attended an event in Taipei on Saturday, becoming the highest-ranking Japanese government official to visit Taiwan on official business since Japan and the autonomous island severed their diplomatic ties in 1972. The visit to Taiwan
Inada orders GSDF to pull out engineering troops from S. Sudan
March 25, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada ordered the Ground Self-Defense Force on Friday to withdraw its engineering troops taking part in a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by the end of May. Based on the order, the GSDF engineering unit
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