The special investigative unit of the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office searched ... complaint of breach of trust in connection with suspicions that a worker at the Finance Ministry's Kinki Local Finance Bureau sold land to Moritomo Gakuen at ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese prime minister’s poll numbers are so low they make Trump’s look good
But he started having troubles in February, amid suggestions that his and his wife’s support for a right-wing kindergarten in Osaka — one that had been ... That, combined with a financial scandal involving one of his ministers, led to Abe’s abrupt ... ( read original story ...)
ANALYSIS: JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines Report Strong Earnings
Both carriers increased their net and operational profitability year-over-year relative to Q4 2016 and generated operating margins of better than 19% in what is usually the second strongest financial quarter ... X (Kuala Lumpur via Osaka), and recently ... ( read original story ...)
Korean school lawsuit goes from Hiroshima to Osaka
HIROSHIMA--Plaintiffs seeking to overturn the government's decision to deny high school tuition subsidies to a Korean school here are hoping for better luck as an Osaka court hands ... s “unjust control,” public financial aid could be used for purposes ... ( read original story ...)
Global Activated Carbon Market: Cabot Corporation Ltd., Calgon Carbon Corporation and Osaka Gas Co.
This section includes profiles of top leading companies in Activated Carbon industry like Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.,Cabot Corporation ... and provides contact information of the company along financial and product information. Request For Sample Report Here ... ( read original story ...)
Mining Japan’s grey economy
An elderly man communicates with his granddaughter via the new humanoid robot called “Telenoid R1”: Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Images The elderly will loom ever larger in business strategies. Japan has the largest pool of personal financial ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Housing Finance Agency’s ?165.9 Billion Series 123 Structured Issuance Assigned ‘AAA (sf)’ Rating
TOKYO (S&P Global Ratings) July 27, 2017--S&P Global Ratings today said it has assigned its 'AAA (sf)' rating to Japan Housing Finance Agency's (JHF) ¥165.9 billion series 123 fixed-rate residential mortgage-secured pass-through notes. The JHF series 123 ... ( read original story ...)
Ministry of Finance of State of Japan : Announcement of 10-year Inflation-Indexed JGBs to Be Issued in August
* The auction method is Dutch-style-price-competitive auction (0.05 yen bidding scale). * 10 year-Inflation-Indexed JGBs to be issued in August will be a reopening issue of the April 2017 issue. Ministry of Finance of the State of Japan published this ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Defense Minister Said to Be Resigning, in Blow to Abe
The Japanese news media reported on Thursday that the defense minister, Tomomi Inada, and the officer, Gen. Toshiya Okabe, chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Forces, as the Japanese army is known, had informed colleagues and superiors of their ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Household Spending Jumps Most Since 2015 in Sign of Sustainable Growth
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese household spending in June jumped the most since 2015 as job availability improved to a fresh 43-year high, in a sign the tightening labor market is helping push up wages and consumer spending - albeit gradually. Underscoring ... ( read original story ...)
China releases Japanese men arrested over ‘illegal activities,’ two still detained
“The protection of Japanese nationals is the government’s most important duty, and we are giving thorough support to those still in custody.” The news of the release of four of the men came after Chinese authorities informed Japan’s consul general ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese defence minister to resign over South Sudan cover-up claims
Kyodo News reported. Inada, an Abe protege appointed as defence minister a year ago, was seen by some as a potential future contender to be Japan’s first female prime minister, but her image has been damaged by the cover-up claims and several gaffes. ( read original story ...)
Main opposition chief Renho resigns Democratic Party leadership
But if we are not recognized as an alternative force, it will just spread public distrust in both ruling and opposition parties,” Renho told a news conference at the ... who was born to a Taiwanese father and Japanese mother in 1967, once garnered ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese air raids on Townsville were more a show of farce than force
News reporter Chester Wilmot was watching ... Our troops were up in New Guinea at Kokoda trying to stop a stream of Japanese pouring over the ranges toward Port Moresby, which was only hours away from mainland Australia. At the time nobody could see ... ( read original story ...)
Reports: Japan defense chief to quit over document cover-up
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beleaguered defense minister, a protege of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will step down in connection with an alleged cover-up of military documents from U.N. peacekeeping operations, media reports said Thursday. Defense Minister Tomomi ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opposition head quits as PM Abe suffers scandal
Sign up for breaking news emails & contest alerts ... as a viable choice under a two-party system and for the benefit of the people of Japan," she said, adding that she will remain a lawmaker to build a society that tolerates diversity. ( read original story ...)