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As medical costs mount, Japan to weigh cost-effectiveness in setting drug prices
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese doctor Yasushi Goto remembers prescribing the cancer drug Opdivo to an octogenarian and wondering whether taxpayers might object to helping fund treatment, which at the time ... ( read original story ...)
White House nudged Japanese PM Abe to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize: report
“Prime Minister Abe of Japan gave me the most beautiful copy of a letter that he sent to the people who give out a thing called the Nobel Prize. He said, ‘I have nominated you…’ or ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe Declines to Say If He Backed Trump for Nobel Prize
Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line during a parliamentary committee meeting Monday when asked about Trump’s claim from Friday that the Japanese leader ... ( read original story ...)
Alliance Ventures Invests in PowerShare to Advance Charging Solutions and Services for Electric Vehicles
PARIS and TOKYO and YOKOHAMA, Japan, Feb. 18, 2019 /CNW/ - Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, today announced a new investment in PowerShare, an electri... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: 2020 Games can be springboard to transform Tokyo, says governor
TOKYO: The 2020 Olympics can "usher in a new Tokyo" and, along with this year's Rugby World Cup, leave behind a legacy similar to that of the 1964 Summer Games, the city's Governor Yuriko Koike said o... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 to transform city, says governor
which looks to increase the width of doors and corridors within hotels to accommodate wheelchair uses. The Tokyo Olympics open on July 24 next year. Subscribe to our newsletter and get news delivered ... ( read original story ...)
Koike presents vision for Tokyo, stressing importance of ties with Osaka ahead of Olympics and Expo
“It is very much a prime location within Tokyo,” Koike said during a news conference conducted in English at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo, adding that she hopes the site will pro... ( read original story ...)
Olympics – 2020 Games can be springboard to transform Tokyo: Governor
TOKYO (Reuters) - The 2020 Olympics can "usher in a new Tokyo" and, along with this year's Rugby World Cup, leave behind a legacy similar to that of the 1964 Summer Games, the city's Governor Yuriko K... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Abe mum on reports he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
TOKYO (A P) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his chief spokesman declined Monday to say if Abe had nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, though they praised Trump for dea... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo governor won’t speculate on Olympic bribery scandal
TOKYO (AP) — The head of Tokyo's city government has declined to weigh in on the future of Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda. Takeda is being investigated for his part in an allege... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops: Camper vans provided flexibility, cover to fraud ring
TOKYO (TR) – Earlier this month, Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested 14 suspected members of a most unique fraud ring. As Fuji News Network (Feb. 7) tells it, the ring was operated from several camper ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Frets Over ‘Nightmare Scenario’ as Trump Meets Kim Again
(Bloomberg) -- When U.S. President Donald Trump sits down to talk peace with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month, one of America’s closest allies -- Japan -- will be looking on with appre... ( read original story ...)
Japan nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize after White House asked, newspaper reports
cited multiple government sources as saying the U.S. "informally" asked Japan to nominate Trump. Breaking News Emails SUBSCRIBE By Alex Johnson and Arata Yamamoto Just as President Donald Trump claime... ( read original story ...)
Split with Bajin not over money: Osaka
(Reuters) - World number one Naomi Osaka was adamant that her shock split with coach Sascha Bajin had nothing to do with money but it was because she was determined that her career would not be ... ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka on firing coach: Wants to be around people ‘I really like and truly care about me’
Naomi Osaka fired coach Sascha Bajin last week, two weeks after winning her second straight Grand Slam at the Australian Open. She did not give a reason, leaving a mystery as to why she would sever su... ( read original story ...)