Popular Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike Wednesday vowed a break with old ... Koike told a nationally televised news conference. Koike lamented that Japanese firms had lost their former glory, complaining that Chinese and American companies, like Amazon and ... ( read original story ...)
Fall in love with Tokyo in 2.5 minutes
As we tour the city's top sites, locals share what makes Tokyo one of the greatest cities in the world. Video by Black Buddha The Wall Street Journal 1:36 4 hrs ago ( read original story ...)
Pot legalization poses challenges to Cold Lake
These hypothetical questions were brought forward to city council at their Sept. 12 meeting after city councillor Bob Buckle and Kevin Nagoya, Cold Lake’s chief administrative officer, attended a recent Mid-sized Cities Caucus to specifically discuss how ... ( read original story ...)
Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. : Corporate News Blog – Hawaiian Airlines Shakes Hands with Japan Airlines for New Partnership
At Pro-TD, we make it our mission to bring you news that matter about the stock you follow ... along with the entire network on the route with non-stop flights between Sapporo and Honolulu. Similarly, Hawaiian Airlines will have access to Japan Airlines ... ( read original story ...)
Corporate News Blog – Hawaiian Airlines Shakes Hands with Japan Airlines for New Partnership
LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / September 28, 2017 / Pro-Trader Daily takes a look at the latest corporate events and news making the headlines for Hawaiian ... on the route with non-stop flights between Sapporo and Honolulu. Similarly, Hawaiian Airlines will ... ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan PM takes to street seeking voters’ support
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has taken to the streets ... denying speculation she might run in the upcoming lower house election. Koike said at a news conference on Thursday that "I will stay in the city and put my energy to lead Tokyo's preparations ... ( read original story ...)
Japan election: PM Shinzo Abe dissolves parliament
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dissolved the lower house of the parliament ahead of a snap election. The poll, announced on Monday and which comes a year early, which will take place on 22 October. Mr Abe is seeking a fresh mandate amid a rebound in ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Abe faces new challenge as he calls snap election
Jeff Kingston, a professor at Temple University's Japan Campus in Tokyo, called Koike's new party a game changer. "I think it is really bad news for Abe," he said. "She doesn't actually have to win, but she has to inflict a bloody nose on Abe ( read original story ...)
Pyeongchang Olympics organizers fix map that omitted Japan
TOKYO (AP) — South Korean organizers of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics corrected a map on their official website after Japanese sports officials complained that Japan was missing. The Japan Sports Agency said officials discovered the omission ... ( read original story ...)
In Japan, new party challenges Abe with populist slogans; but little policy gap
Koike’s Party of Hope, formally launched on Wednesday with a slick promotion video and news conference, could attract voters ... make policy initiatives harder and jeopardize his hopes of becoming Japan’s longest-serving premier. ( read original story ...)
The Latest: Japan PM Abe seeks mandate on N. Korea policies
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he will seek a public mandate on his tougher diplomatic and defense policies to deal with escalating threats from North Korea. Abe spoke at a meeting of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party minutes after dissolving ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe dissolves lower house, calls snap election
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for a snap election on Oct. 22. Abe is widely seen as trying to reconsolidate his grip on power within the ruling Liberal-Democratic Party, so he can extend ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka may end SF sister city over comfort woman statue
TOKYO: Japan's western hub of Osaka has threatened to cut its sister city ties with ... some in South Korea say Japan has not done enough to atone for its wartime misdeeds. Get latest news & live updates on the go on your pc with News App. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike forms ‘Party of Hope’ before Japanese election
Yuriko Koike is the current Governor of Tokyo and quite possibly the most interesting thing to happen in Japanese politics in years. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has formed a new political party called Party of Hope There are rumours it may merge with the ... ( read original story ...)
‘It is Japan-bashing’: Osaka may sever sister city ties with San Francisco over ‘comfort women’ statue
The mayor of Osaka has warned he will cancel the sister city alliance with San Francisco if the municipal government goes ahead with a plan to integrate a plot of land where a memorial to wartime sex slaves was recently established in a city park. ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election next month
A 24-year-old graduate student in Sapporo said he was twice awakened by the J-Alert nationwide warning system when North Korea fired a ballistic missile over the southern part of Hokkaido. Koike, an Arabic-speaking former news anchor who was also briefly ... ( read original story ...)