Japan extends SDF mission in South Sudan by 2 months
March 24, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government decided at a cabinet meeting Friday to extend by two months the dispatch period of Ground Self-Defense Force engineering troops for a peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. The government has already decided to withdraw the GSDF troops
Foreign sale of Toshiba’s memory biz to be scrutinized
March 24, 2017
TOKYO- The Japanese government plans to scrutinize any proposal by a foreign company to acquire Toshiba Corp.’s prized memory chip business under the foreign exchange and foreign trade law, industry minister Hiroshige Seko said Friday. “If we receive advance notice (of
Toshiba, banks in final talks on Chapter 11 for Westinghouse
March 24, 2017
TOKYO- Struggling Japanese electronics and machinery giant Toshiba Corp. is in the final stages of talks with creditor banks on filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for its US nuclear power plant unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., it was learned Friday. Toshiba
Abe rejects demand for wife to testify on state land sale
March 24, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday turned down an opposition camp demand to summon his wife, Akie, for testimony before parliament, over a state land sale scandal involving right-wing school operator Moritomo Gakuen. “It’s strange to summon her
Department store sales down for 12th straight month
March 23, 2017
TOKYO- Sales at department stores in Japan in February dropped 1.7 pct from a year earlier on a same-store basis, down for the 12th straight month, an industry group said Wednesday. Overall sales at 234 stores run by 81 companies
Woman gives birth with egg from third-party donor
March 23, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese woman has given birth to a girl after receiving in-vitro fertilization treatment with an egg from an anonymous third-party donor, a nonprofit organization based in the western Japan city of Kobe said Wednesday. This is believed to
7-year -olds most prone to pedestrian accidents
March 23, 2017
TOKYO- Seven-year-olds, or elementary school first- to second-graders, accounted for the biggest chunk of pedestrian victims of fatal or injury traffic accidents over the past five years in Japan, a National Police Agency report showed Thursday. The analysis report also found
Abe condemns London terror attack
March 23, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday condemned the terror attack near Britain’s Parliament in London that killed at least four people and injured some 40 on Wednesday. “We cannot accept terrorism,” Abe told reporters. “We strongly support British
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