Japan will seek a nuclear pact with the United States that renews automatically while it continues reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, rather than a long-term pact similar to one set to expire next year, government sources said Tuesday. Ahead of ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020 to Get Self-driving Cars, ZMP Partners With Taxi Firm
Taniguchi declined to comment on ZMP's IPO plans. He had said in February that ZMP hoped to list in Tokyo in the coming months, after a delay last year due to client information being leaked on to the internet. The company recently raised 1.5 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)
Prosecutors’ raison d’etre put to test as Moritomo scandal develops into fraud case
The team then accepted a criminal complaint against the Kinki Local Finance Bureau staff over suspected breach of trust on April 5, showing the prosecutors' office's impartiality by investigating both public and private sectors. The Osaka office was wary ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka utility cutting power prices for first time since Fukushima
The new rates "will benefit all our customers in the Kansai area," the company said, referring to the region including Osaka and Kyoto. Both residential and high-volume business customers should see prices drop. But the utility has only so much cost ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka broadcaster denies adulterous relationship involving host influenced programming
OSAKA (TR) – Mainichi Broadcasting System claimed earlier this month that an adulterous relationship involving a host of a daily news program and the head of a non-profit organization, as alleged by a weekly magazine, had no effect on its programming ... ( read original story ...)
USS Fitzgerald collision wasn’t reported for nearly an hour, Japan says
The impact crushed the starboard side of the Fitzgerald. The ship was listing as it sailed into its home port in Yokosuka, Japan, Saturday, CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports. The commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet said the sailors' actions kept the ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. identifies sailors who died in ship crash off Japan
Among the seven U.S. Navy sailors who died in the Saturday collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged container ship off Japan were an Ohioan expecting to retire soon, a Maryland man his father called his best friend, and a Connecticut ... ( read original story ...)