by salefull | Jul 17, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Japan to boost jet fuel production and imports amid tourism boom TOKYO – Japan plans to increase jet fuel production and imports to address a pick-up in demand from flights amid a boom in tourism, according to a draft government plan presented on Tuesday. The...
by salefull | Jul 16, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Japan adopts policy against fully autonomous lethal weapons TOKYO – The Japanese government has recently adopted a policy against the development of fully autonomous lethal weapons, stressing that the use of such arms should never be allowed across the world....
by salefull | Jul 15, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Monument to commemorate victims of Kyoto Animation arson-murders completed UJI, Kyoto – A monument dedicated to the victims of the July 18, 2019, arson-murder attack on Kyoto Animation’s headquarters in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, was completed on Sunday. Thirty-six...
by salefull | Jul 12, 2024 | Featured Article, News
President Marcos veto finds many flaws in PNP reform bill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vetoed the proposed law reorganizing the Philippine National Police (PNP) for containing provisions that he says will not jibe with his administration’s policies and...
by salefull | Jul 11, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Japan, S. Korea leaders meet to discuss N. Korea WASHINGTON – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met Wednesday to discuss North Korea’s growing military threat and possibly its deepening relations with Russia....
by salefull | Jul 10, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Senior defense officials, SDF members to be disciplined over scandals TOKYO – Japan’s Defense Ministry is planning to take disciplinary action later this week against some senior officials and a number of Self-Defense Force members over abuse of power and...
by salefull | Jul 9, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Charges dropped against Kishida, other LDP members in slush fund case TOKYO – Prosecutors decided Monday not to indict Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and seven other senior Liberal Democratic Party members over a political funds scandal that has dogged...
by salefull | Jul 8, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Tokyo Gov Koike reelected, beating opposition Renho, rising ex-mayor TOKYO – Incumbent Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike was reelected in Sunday’s gubernatorial election with the effective backing of the ruling party, signaling that voters have positively evaluated...
by salefull | Jul 2, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Japan average land price rises over 2% for 1st time TOKYO – The average land price in Japan rose 2.3 percent in 2024 from a year earlier, government data showed Monday, surpassing 2 percent for the first time and marking the highest annual rate of increase since...
by salefull | Jul 1, 2024 | Featured Article, News
Kishida pledges travel aid program 6 months after Ishikawa quake NANAO, Ishikawa – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Monday to launch a tourism subsidy program to support the Noto Peninsula on the Sea of Japan coast, just six months after the region was hit...
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