2 give up US-bound JAL flights after Trump order
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- Two passengers gave up boarding a US-bound flight operated by Japan Airlines due to US President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry into the United States of people with passports from seven predominantly Muslim countries, it was learned Friday. This
40.6b yen stolen in special fraud in 2016
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- The amount of money stolen in remittance and other special fraud in Japan last year fell by 7,568 million yen, or 15.7 pct, from the preceding year to some 40.63 billion yen, police data showed Thursday. The annual figure still
Top court rejects request for deleting search results
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s Supreme Court has rejected a man’s request for Google Inc. to delete Internet search results about news reports on his arrest in a child prostitution case in 2011. The five judges of the top court’s Third Petty Bench unanimously
Transplant of iPS cells made from someone else cells OK
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- Japan’s health ministry has approved what would be the world’s first clinical research for transplanting to a patient induced pluripotent stem, or iPS, cells made from someone else’s cells. The plan was approved by a panel of experts at the
Nippon Life to raise insurance premiums in April
February 3, 2017
Tokyo- Nippon Life Insurance Co. said Thursday that it will raise monthly premiums on insurance products, starting with contracts to be inked on April 2. The increase reflects a decline in investment returns amid the Bank of Japan’s negative interest
Onaga seeks review of base relocation in talks with US lawmakers
February 3, 2017
WASHINGTON- Visiting Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga, in a series of meetings with seven US House of Representatives members on Wednesday, sought a review of the planned relocation of a key US military base within the southernmost Japan prefecture. The Japan-US security
Toyota wants to be regarded as US automaker
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda said Thursday that he wants the major Japanese automaker to be regarded also as an American company. “We are making a number of vehicles in the United States, so I hope that Toyota is
More Japanese companies trying to reduce overtime
February 3, 2017
TOKYO- An increasing number of major Japanese companies are strengthening their efforts to reduce overtime work on a voluntary basis, in a break with a culture of long hours at workplaces. More companies have introduced a system of fixed-time intervals after
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