Japan's Kyodo news agency cites football association president Kozo Tashima in announcing the move. The JFA was expected to hold a news conference later Monday to announce its plans. Japan salvaged a 1-1 draw on the last kick of the game in a friendly last ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful incentives led to Japan’s Finance Ministry document tampering
TOKYO -- The ongoing document-tampering scandal at Japan's Ministry of Finance has taken a new turn. The ministry has admitted that its staff members altered 14 documents related to the controversial sale of state-owned land to a nationalist school ... ( read original story ...)
Powerful incentives led to Finance Ministry document tampering
TOKYO -- The ongoing document-tampering scandal at Japan's Ministry of Finance has taken a new turn. The ministry has admitted that its staff members altered 14 documents related to the controversial sale of state-owned land to a nationalist school ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, Cambodia sign $90 million aid agreement
"While Japan, a friend, is providing assistance to Cambodia, some bad people can poison the news as bad as they did," Hun Sen said on his Facebook page. During a meeting with Hun Sen on Sunday, foreign minister Kono said Japan would help Cambodia to become ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re sorry we got pregnant’: Couple berated by boss for baby news
“In January of this year, we found out that my wife was pregnant,” the husband wrote in his letter published in a features section of Japanese daily paper The Mainichi. “My wife, who is a child care provider, appeared glum and anxious over the news ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s vaunted alert system runs up against limits
The message delivered via the country's alert system, part of its much-hyped J-Alert mechanism, warned of a big one directly hitting the Japanese capital -- potentially on the scale of the devastating 2011 earthquake that wrought massive destruction. ( read original story ...)
Drinks Giants Asahi, Suntory, Kirin, And Sapporo Join Forces To Combat Air Pollution
before the Government messes it up Yorkshire Post - 23:35 PM GMT March 30, 2018 Facebook will now verify major page owners in an effort to combat fake news City A.M - 07:56 AM GMT April 07, 2018 Mother-of-two who lost her nose to a rare disease ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ruling party rocks bureaucracy with prelude to reshuffle
Support for Japanese Abe's cabinet tumbled to 42% in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll, taken late last month before a key Ministry of Finance figure in the land scale scandal testified in parliament. That was down 14 percentage points from February. ( read original story ...)
Japan activates first marines since WW2 to bolster defenses against China
SASEBO/TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday activated its first marine unit since World War Two trained to counter invaders occupying Japanese islands along the edge of the East China Sea that Tokyo fears are vulnerable to attack by China. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: ‘Kamen Rider’ actor nabbed for molesting woman
Tsunenori Aoki (Twitter) TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 30-year-old actor in the “Kamen Rider” television series for molesting a woman in Setagaya Ward last month, reports TBS News (Apr. 6). At around 1:30 a.m. on March 4 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘wants to join US in complaining about Chinese intellectual property laws to World Trade Organisation’
Japan has told the World Trade Organisation it will join the United States’ complaint against China over alleged theft of intellectual property as a third party, a source close to the matter said on Friday. If China and the United States approve Japan ... ( read original story ...)
UNRWA students fly kites in memory of Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims for the seventh year
On 13 March 2018, over 1,000 Palestine refugee students from four UNRWA schools in Khan Younis, Gaza, gathered to fly kites of hope in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to hit Japan. For the seventh year ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘seeks to join World Trade Organization complaint by the US against China as a third party’
Japan has notified the World Trade Organization of its intention to join as a third party the United States’ complaint against China over alleged theft of intellectual property, a source close to the matter said Friday. If China and the United States ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo: Filipino national nabbed in fake marriage
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested two persons, including a female Filipino national, for engaging in a fake marriage in Machida City, reports TBS News (Apr. 5). In September, 2016, Masao Kurokawa, 61, and the woman, 21, are alleged to have registered ... ( read original story ...)
Rape victim wants Japan to do more on US military crimes
TOKYO — A woman who says she was raped by a U.S. sailor in Japan is demanding Tokyo do more to protect crime victims of U.S. military personnel stationed here. Catherine Fisher met for an hour Friday with foreign and defence ministry officials in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ruling party mulls ministry restructure plan
TOKYO -- Japan's ruling party is mulling a plan to restructure governmental ... sent out letters to ministries in late March, Nikkei has learned. The letter notified the ministries of the party's intention to hold a hearing on the current administrative ... ( read original story ...)