Diet votes to summon Moritomo Gakuen’s Kagoike
March 17, 2017
TOKYO- The budget committees of both chambers of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday voted to summon Yasunori Kagoike of controversial school operator Moritomo Gakuen for questioning on Thursday. Kagoike is to testify as a sworn witness before the budget
Abe Cabinet support rate falls to 51.3%: Jiji poll
March 17, 2017
TOKYO- The public support rate for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dropped 2.1 percentage points in March from the previous month to 51.3 percent, Jiji Press found in its monthly opinion survey on Friday. The decline apparently reflected
US officials express strong concern about Toshiba financial health
March 17, 2017
WASHINGTON- US. economic ministers on Thursday expressed strong concerns about the financial health of Toshiba Corp. the Japanese parent of US. nuclear plant builder Westinghouse Electric Co., Japanese industry minister Hiroshige Seko said. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Energy Secretary
Okinawa governor mulls lawsuit to block US base relocation work
March 16, 2017
NAHA- Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga said Thursday he is considering filing a lawsuit to block construction work related to the planned relocation of a US military base in his southern Japan prefecture. Speaking at a press conference at the prefectural office
BOJ keeps monetary policy unchanged
March 16, 2017
TOKYO- The Bank of Japan left its monetary policy unchanged on Thursday after maintaining its basic assessment of the country’s economy, the central bank said. The bank’s nine-member Policy Board voted 7-2 to continue controlling both short- and long-term interest rates,
20 Years of US approach to North Korea failed: Tillerson
March 16, 2017
TOKYO- The United States has taken the wrong approach to North Korea in the past 20 years, visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday. Tillerson made the remark at a joint press conference with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida.
Members of crime syndicates fall below 20,000 for 1st time
March 16, 2017
TOKYO- The number of regular members of crime syndicates in Japan as of the end of 2016 fell 10 pct from a year before to some 18,100, slipping below 20,000 for the first time since 1958, the oldest year for which
11 nations agree to continue discussing TPP without US
March 16, 2017
TOKYO- Japan and 10 other signatory countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement, at a ministerial meeting on Wednesday, failed to set a specific vision for the pact without the United States but agreed to continue their discussions. It was
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