Japan heatwave
August 1, 2019
A man wipes his face as he crosses a street during a heatwave in Tokyo on August 1, 2019. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Jiji Press
Extraordinary session
August 1, 2019
Yasuhiko Funago (2-R), who has Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Eiko Kimura (2-L) who has cerebral palsy, prepare to leave after they attended the opening ceremony of an extraordinary session at the parliament in Tokyo, Japan, 01 August 2019. Yasuhiko Funago
Japan, China agree to speed up preparations for Xi visit
August 1, 2019
Bangkok–Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, agreed on Thursday to accelerate preparations for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Japan as a state guest next spring. At their meeting in Bangkok, Kono and Wang
Kono urges new British foreign chief to avoid no-deal Brexit
August 1, 2019
Bangkok–Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono urged new British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Thursday to realize his country’s orderly exit from the European Union based on an agreement between the two sides. Kono made the request at his first meeting
Suga vows support for monorail boost for Okinawa
August 1, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday voiced the government’s intention to financially support a planned boost in the transport capacity of the monorail system in Okinawa Prefecture with an increase in the number of cars comprising each train
Japan to raise consumption tax as planned: Abe
August 1, 2019
Tokyo–Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday reiterated his intention to raise the consumption tax as planned in October, according to Koichi Hamada, special adviser to his cabinet. Abe told Hamada that an event as serious as the global financial
Kang urges Kono to keep South Korea on Japan’s “white” list
August 1, 2019
Bangkok–South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha urged her Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono, on Thursday not to remove Seoul from Tokyo’s “white” list of trusted trading partners qualified for preferential treatment in export procedures, South Korean media reported. At their meeting
Comments bashing KyoAni found on internet forum
August 1, 2019
Kyoto–Comments criticizing Kyoto Animation Co., known as KyoAni, have been found written on an Internet forum last autumn, and police are investigating the online posts for their possible connections with the July 18 deadly arson attack at the company’s No.
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