Engel’s coefficient hits 29-year high in Japan in 2016
February 27, 2017
TOKYO- The Engel’s coefficient, an economic index that indicates the proportion of money used on food in household spending, for Japan in 2016 has posted a 29-year high, according to an internal ministry survey. The Engel’s coefficient, or the proportion of
Smoking ban to cover small Izakaya”: Sources
February 27, 2017
TOKYO- A smoking ban that Japan’s health ministry plans to impose on restaurants in the country with some exceptions will cover small “izakaya” eateries and “yakitori” skewered chicken restaurants, informed sources said Saturday. In its work to draft an amendment bill
Kenoudo section in Ibaraki prefecture opens to link 6 expressways
February 27, 2017
JOSO- A 28.5-kilomater section of the Kenoudo Expressway in Ibaraki Prefecture opened on Sunday, allowing the belt highway to link the six major expressways stretching from the Tokyo metropolitan area to various other regions in Japan. Local people expect that the
Asahi glass sees no need to withdraw from Mexico
February 27, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Asahi Glass Co. will continue its production in Mexico, despite US President Donald Trump’s policy of reviewing the North American Free Trade Agreement, Takuya Shimamura, the company’s president, has said. “There is no need to give up on Mexico,”
Zookeeper attacked by lion, seriously injured in Nagano
February 27, 2017
TOKYO- A female zoo attendant in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, was attacked by a lion and seriously wounded on Sunday. According to police and other local authorities, the 22-year-old keeper at a municipal zoo in the city of Komoro was bitten
LDP’s Uchida announces retirement as Tokyo assemblyman
February 27, 2017
TOKYO- Shigeru Uchida, a Liberal Democratic Party heavyweight of the Tokyo metropolitan assembly, announced Saturday that he will not run in this summer’s assembly election, citing concerns over his health conditions and age. Uchida, 77, expressed his intention to retire as
Okinawa chief calls for scrapping US base relocation project
February 27, 2017
NAHA- Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishda in Naha Sunday, Okinawa Prefecture’s Governor Takeshi Onaga reiterated his opposition to the relocation of a US base to the Henoko coastal district in Nago in the southern Japan prefecture. If the Japanese
Abe’s wife resigns as honorary principal of controversial school
February 26, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday his wife, Akie, has resigned as honorary principal of an elementary school set to open this spring on a controversial piece of land in western Japan. Speaking at a House of Representatives Budget
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