Hosono to join LDP faction led by heavyweight Nikai
January 29, 2019
Tokyo–Independent House of Representatives lawmaker Goshi Hosono will join a Liberal Democratic Party faction led by Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai as a special member, a senior faction official said Tuesday. The planned move is expected to be approved at a faction
Ano not discounting suicide bombers caused Jolo blasts
January 29, 2019
Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano on Tuesday said they are validating information that a couple allegedly left explosives at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in Jolo before it exploded last Sunday. This was revealed by Ano in a TV interview
Japan labor ministry corrects explanation about hearings
January 29, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s labor ministry on Tuesday corrected the number of officials who were directly interviewed by members of a third-party panel investigating irregularities in a monthly survey. The number was actually 12, not the 20 reported by Yumiko Jozuka, head of
ANA parent firm taking minority stake in PAL Holdings Inc
January 29, 2019
ANA Holdings Inc., parent company of All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline is getting a 9.5 percent minority stake in the operator of Philippine Airlines for $95 million, a joint statement by the two companies said Tuesday. PAL Holdings
Duterte orders military to crush Abu Sayyaf ”by whatever means”
January 29, 2019
DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to destroy the Abu Sayyaf after he inspected a church struck by twin blasts that left at least 20 people dead in Jolo on Sunday. “I order you to destroy the
Japan’s economic expansion may have reached longest in postwar period
January 29, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s economy may have marked its 74th consecutive month of expansion in January, the longest since the end of World War II, the government said Tuesday. The government sees that the current expansionary period, which started in December 2012, exceeded
House oks on final reading bill lowering age of responsibility of children to 12
January 29, 2019
The House of Representatives, voting 146-34 without abstention, approved on third and final reading on Monday House Bill 8858 which seeks to lower the minimum age of responsibility of children in conflict with the law from 15 to 12. Principally
BOJ fiercely divided over rate cuts amid 2008 financial crisis: minutes
January 29, 2019
Tokyo–The Bank of Japan was fiercely divided over interest rate cuts at policy meetings amid the 2008 financial crisis, according to detailed minutes of the meetings, released on Tuesday. The minutes show that then BOJ Governor Masaaki Shirakawa was keen
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