INTERVIEW: DPFP highlights “Household First” economic policy
July 9, 2019
Tokyo–The Democratic Party for the People is placing a “household first” economic policy at the center of its campaign for the July 21 House of Councillors election, according to party leader Yuichiro Tamaki. “Stubbornly slow consumption indicates the weakest point
INTERVIEW: CDPJ to campaign on people’s lives in upper house election
July 9, 2019
Tokyo–The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan will focus on helping people’s lives as a key pillar of its platform in the July 21 House of Councillors election, party head Yukio Edano said in a recent interview. “The largest
INTERVIEW: LDP’s Nikai dismisses public pension worries
July 9, 2019
Tokyo–Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, rejected worries over the country’s public pension system, in a recent interview with Jiji Press. “The public pension system is sustainable well into the future thanks to a series of reforms,”
TOKYO REPORT: Seven-Eleven, Lawson to cut prices for food near expiration
July 9, 2019
Tokyo–Two leading Japanese convenience store chain operators will carry out effective price cuts for rice balls, “bento” boxed meals and other prepared food close to their consume-by dates, in a bid to reduce food waste. Lawson Inc. began a test
BOJ keeps views on all 9 regional economies unchanged
July 8, 2019
Tokyo–The Bank of Japan kept unchanged its ratings for all of the country’s nine regional economies in a quarterly report on Monday, while pointing to “heightening uncertainties” abroad, due partly to U.S.-China trade friction. Still, the central bank made an
Japanese confirms effects of manga-style hypergravity training
July 8, 2019
Nagoya–A Japanese professor has confirmed effects of physical training under strong gravity through experiments in an environment mimicking a special training chamber that appeared in the popular comic series “Dragon Ball.” The motor-learning capacities of animals can be enhanced in
Moon hints at retaliation against Japan’s export controls
July 8, 2019
Seoul–South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday hinted that his government may take retaliatory measures against Japan’s tightened controls on its exports of semiconductor materials to South Korea if any real damage arises. On Thursday, the Japanese government took the
FEATURE: Japan City hosting world heritage site trying to bring back visitors
July 8, 2019
By Aoi Kobayashi Tomioka, Gunma Pref.–Five years ago, residents of Tomioka believed that the registration of a local historical landmark as a World Heritage site would reinvigorate the typical Japanese regional city facing constant declines in population. But such optimism
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