19--Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike announced Friday that she will decide ... "At this point, we still can't say the relocation is a sure thing," the governor told reporters during her regular news conference at the metropolitan government headquarters in Shinjuku ... ( read original story ...)
Fukushima 'safe' for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, says baseball boss
Fukushima, site of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters, poses no threat to players if baseball games are held there at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the sport's top official said Friday. Tokyo organisers want to hold part of baseball's preliminary rounds ... ( read original story ...)
"The Tokyo Trial: for World Peace" launched at Romania book fair
A book providing a comprehensive picture of the Tokyo Trials, also known as the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, drew crowds at the Gaudeamus book fair in Romania on Thursday. The book tells the story of Japanese war criminals tried after ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe: 'I have great confidence in Trump'
Media captionSpeaking through a translator Mr Abe said "I am convinced that Mr Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence" Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has "great confidence" in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM is first foreign leader to meet Trump
Japan's PM has become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump since the election last week. The meeting in Trump Tower, New York, lasted 90 minutes. There has been concern over the future foreign policy of Tokyo's biggest ally ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM: 'I have great confidence in Trump'
Media captionSpeaking through a translator Mr Abe said "I am convinced that Mr Trump is a leader in whom I can have great confidence" Japan's PM Shinzo Abe has said he has "great confidence" in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM meets with Trump in NYC
NEW YORK -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe became the first world leader to meet President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, seeking reassurances over the future of the U.S.-Japan security and trade relations. Abe met with Trump in New York, where the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Prime Minister Abe to meet with Donald Trump in New York
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in New York Thursday ... alter his position on trade deals after opposing them so vocally on the campaign trail. CBS News’ Margaret Brennan reports that Mr. Trump did not ask for or receive any background information ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Shinzo Abe has 'great confidence' in Donald Trump after meeting president-elect and daughter Ivanka
Shinzo Abe, the Japanese Prime Minister, said his meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday - the first by a foreign leader - convinced him the US president-elect was someone "in whom I can have great confidence". Mr Abe met with Mr Trump in New York ... ( read original story ...)
Nagoya warns castle tower could collapse in strong quake
NAGOYA – The Nagoya Municipal Government on Friday took the unusual step of warning tourists that they enter Nagoya Castle’s tower at their own risk due to the building being in danger of collapse in a strong earthquake. The city said it installed the ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka cops form special task force to combat spike in fraud
OSAKA – The Osaka Prefectural Police have set up a 140-strong emergency team to combat the proliferation of fraud cases. Detected frauds stood at 1,347 at the end of October, and fraud damage in Osaka this year is estimated at ¥4.48 billion. Both have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's Yokohama city lights up to attract visitors
Yokohama, the port city in Japan, has a history of over 150 years. The fashionable and modern night view of the city makes it even more attractive. The Sky Garden is 273 meters from the ground and enables a 360 viewing window that is always full of ... ( read original story ...)
Hokkaido police: Stabbing on Sapporo street leaves man seriously injured
HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police are questioning a man in a stabbing incident in Sapporo on Wednesday night that left another man seriously injured, reports Nippon News Network (Nov. 17). At around 8:25 p.m. on Wednesday, a knife-wielding ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM to be first foreign leader to meet Trump
"There has been a lot of confusion," a Japanese official told Reuters news agency. The BBC's Paul Adams in Washington says Mr Trump has toned down some of his more strident rhetoric since the election, but that hasn't stopped observers wondering whether ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama mayor wants school board to probe why it failed to help bullied Fukushima evacuee boy
YOKOHAMA – Yokohama’s mayor said Wednesday she has instructed ... part of the report to the Fukushima Prefectural Board of Education at its request. Kyodo News recently obtained a full text of the boy’s notes on the bullying, which were written ... ( read original story ...)
Young Fukushima evacuee who suffered bullying urges others to stay strong
which was released by his lawyer at a news conference on Tuesday. The boy wrote the statement in July last year when he was refusing to attend the school due to the bullying. He is now a first-grade junior high school student in Yokohama. According to the ... ( read original story ...)