TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida wants to leave ... while retaining key ally Chief Cabinet Minister Yoshihide Suga and Finance Minister Taro Aso, Kyodo news agency said, quoting unidentified sources close to the matter. ( read original story ...)
2 more deaths as Japan leader Abe visits flooded areas
TOKYO – Three more bodies were found Wednesday in southwest Japan, potentially raising the death toll from last week's heavy rains to 28, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the hardest-hit areas. Two deaths have been confirmed, and a third body is ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM’s sagging support dims outlook for revising constitution: MP
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cherished goal of revising Japan's pacifist constitution has become more difficult to achieve after a plunge in his popularity and the erosion of public trust, a ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday. Support for Abe has ... ( read original story ...)
Japan, EU ink cooperation pact to remove LNG resale restrictions
BRUSSELS – Japan and the European Union exchanged a memorandum of understanding Tuesday on their cooperation to remove terms that restrict the resale of liquefied natural gas from LNG import contracts. The cooperation deal, also aimed at making the LNG ... ( read original story ...)
China reports 35 Japanese detained on telecom fraud charges
Japan's Kyodo News agency said the scammers phoned victims in Japan. It said the 35 were detained in the southeastern province of Fujian earlier this month and Japanese authorities alerted on July 3. ( read original story ...)
Japan joins U.N. organized crime convention after passing controversial conspiracy law
NEW YORK – Japan has joined an international convention for tackling transnational organized crime after putting into force a law penalizing the planning of a range of crimes. Tokyo submitted to the United Nations in New York an instrument of acceptance ... ( read original story ...)
Abu Dhabi Plans $14 Billion Fuel IPO
Saudi Aramco’s proposed mega IPO is set to take place next year and could raise an eye-popping USD2 trillion. Stock exchanges eager for a piece of the action include Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York and London. ( read original story ...)
Bank Mergers in Japan Become a Question of Avoiding ‘Extinction’
Daisan and Mie Bank are among competitors that are combining Hiroshi Iwama and Mitsunori Watanabe used to joke about merging their banks in central Japan. When the Bank of Japan introduced negative interest rates last year, things got serious. The two ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘black widow’ Chisako Kakehi admits killing
A Japanese pensioner accused of killing three partners and attempting to murder a fourth has told a court that she fatally poisoned her husband. Chisako Kakehi was arrested in 2014 and went on trial in Kyoto late last month. Her lawyers have pleaded not ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to host TPP Pacific Rim trade pact talks
TOKYO - Members of a Pacific Rim trade initiative rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump are to hold working-level talks Wednesday in the Japanese mountain resort town of Hakone, west of Tokyo. The three-day meeting among envoys from the 11 remaining ... ( read original story ...)
Invasive Japanese knotweed deters vast majority of home buyers, new survey confirms
Japanese knotweed deters nearly eight in 10 people in the UK from buying a property but new research has found that while there is a high level of anxiety about the plant there is also a lot of misinformation. Overall some 78% of those aware of the ... ( read original story ...)
Ex-Moritomo Gakuen chief Kagoike to face prosecution over subsidies: sources
OSAKA – Prosecutors plan to build a case against the former ... following negotiations with the Finance Ministry’s local bureau. ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Sapporo Holdings’s operating profit likely came in above 3 bln yen in Jan-June half – Nikkei (2501)
* Sapporo Holdings Ltd's sales apparently edged up 4 percent to 260 billion yen in the January-June half - Nikkei * Sapporo probably will maintain its full-year forecast - Nikkei Source text : [ID:http://s.nikkei.com/2uazPxv] Further company coverage: ( read original story ...)
SEALNG Gains Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation as Newest Member
SEALNG today announced that Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP) has become the newest member of the cross-industry coalition intended accelerate the adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as marine fuel. SEALNG says that Japan is ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation joins SEALNG coalition
Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP), representing the Japanese ports of Yokohama and Kawasaki, joined SEALNG, the industry coalition promoting the use of LNG as a marine fuel. It is the second Japanese organization to join the SEA ... ( read original story ...)
Ports Firm YKIP Joins SEA/LNG Coalition
SEALNG, the multi-sector industry coalition aiming to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel, has announced Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP) as its latest member. Representing the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)