TOKYO -- Former Finance Ministry official Nobuhisa Sagawa insisted in testimony before both houses of the Diet on Tuesday that there were no instructions to alter documents at the center of a dodgy real estate deal, but offered no insights into the ... ( read original story ...)
Stock rally boosts paper profits at Japanese companies
TOKYO -- Major Japanese companies have seen unrealized capital gains on ... as of Tuesday at 1,701 listed companies that close their books in March, according to a Nikkei survey that excluded financial institutions as well as businesses using international ... ( read original story ...)
Key testimony on Japan land scandal offers little insight
Nobuhisa Sagawa, who was the head of the ministry's Financial Bureau when the changes were made, faced grilling by lawmakers Tuesday about the circumstances and motives. The documents concern the steeply discounted sale of state-owned land in Osaka to ... ( read original story ...)
Orlando Bloom Heads to Tokyo for Katy Perry’s Tour Kickoff
The English actor was photographed hitting the streets of Tokyo on Tuesday, and it just so happens that ... it's [kind of] known to their close circle," an insider recently told E! News. "They talk all the time. Katy and Orlando have grown up since they ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese official denies Abe pressure in school land deal
A former Japanese finance official denied Tuesday that Prime Minister ... Nobuhisa Sagawa, who previously headed a Finance Ministry department in charge of state property deals, apologized in parliamentary testimony over the document tampering, but ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s World Cup preparations take a hit in loss to Ukraine
LIEGE, Belgium — Japan's preparations for the World Cup took another hit Tuesday. The Japanese team, which will face Colombia, Senegal and Poland in Group H at the tournament in Russia, lost to Ukraine 2-1 in a friendly. Japan has won only two of its ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sentences North Korean sea captain for theft
Since then eight North Korean crewmembers were deported from Japan, and Kang is to be deported to North Korea as well, an action South Korea's Yonhap news agency defined as "forcible repatriation" on Tuesday. Deportation could have serious consequences for ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Finance official says no instructions from Abe to alter documents
Deputy Vice Finance Minister Koji Yano has insisted that "it is beyond ... a private school in the city of Osaka which inculcates in its young students the patriotism and self-sacrifice... "This problem has shaken the people's confidence in the ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo stocks surge on receding trade war woes
Stocks soared Tuesday on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with concerns over a U.S.-China ... the Nikkei rose further in the afternoon, after former Ministry of Finance official Nobuhisa Sagawa in a sworn Diet testimony denied there were instructions from the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe not involved in land sale cover-up, says official
He added that Abe's Cabinet secretary and finance minister were also unaware of the alterations. Read more: Japan's Finance Ministry admits to doctoring documents linked to Abe's wife But Sagawa, who recently resigned as head of the National Tax Office in ... ( read original story ...)
Jetstar Asia launches inaugural flight from Clark to Osaka
CLARK FREEPORT—The inaugural Jetstar Asia flight from the Clark International Airport here to the Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan ... our travel partners tell us that visitors and business travelers will be able to take advantage of our ... ( read original story ...)
5 DESTINATIONS YOU CAN EASILY VISIT FROM OSAKA
Osaka also has something to offer to almost any type of traveler ... welcoming not only an active exchange of products but also of culture. The business hub and most of Kobe’s attractions are located near Sannomiya Station. The current state of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Foreign Minister Kono: U.S., Japan ‘completely in sync’ on North Korea
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan are “completely in sync” over North Korea and agree that it must abolish its medium- and short-range missiles as well as intercontinental and intermediate range ballistic missiles, Japan’s foreign ... ( read original story ...)
National Olympic committees get glimpse of Tokyo 2020 venues
A dozen national Olympic committees have been given a quick look at Tokyo's venue preparations for the 2020 Summer Games. Mark England of the British Olympic Association says they were impressed. "We haven't had many questions to ask the organizing ... ( read original story ...)
Kagoike says detainment is to keep him quiet about scandal
The Asahi Shimbun in February 2017 broke the news that Moritomo Gakuen received a huge discount on its purchase of state-owned land in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, in 2016. Kagoike told the politicians that after the report was published, a Finance Ministry ... ( read original story ...)
Former Japanese finance official Sagawa – no instructions from PM to alter land sale documents
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, his wife, Finance Minister Taro Aso and their top aides did not give instructions to change documents about a land deal at the heart of a suspected cronyism scandal, a former finance ministry official ... ( read original story ...)