The Japanese government unveiled on Friday an economic package to help businesses and individuals that it said was worth about 11.7 trillion yen ($107 billion).
The figure included 9.1 trillion yen to help businesses and
individuals cope with high
Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said the government would submit legislation to keep ships in the Indian Ocean providing fuel to the US-led coalition.
The mission is set to expire in January. The opposition briefly forced a halt to the
TOKYO Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda suggested Wednesday that farm minister Seiichi Ota could receive harsh treatment if he fails to clear up a recent allegation concerning the use of political funds. Do you think I would have appointed him if there were
Commentary by Bloomberg's William Pesek
Asia has indeed decoupled - not from the US economy, but from political reality.
Thailand is Exhibit A. Three years ago, it was the post- Asian-crisis role model. Living standards were rising, investors were
That is the reason, Takako Katayama says, that she has not married. At 37, she has carved out a comfortable life here in Tokyo, with her own apartment, a good job at a cable television network, and a network of family and friends.
She has not closed
Aug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's trade ministry plans to
increase spending on measures to reduce greenhouse gases by 27
percent next year.
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry plans to spend
433 billion yen ($4 billion) on measures to slow
TOKYO (Kyodo) — A Japanese aid worker was confirmed dead in Afghanistan today after his body was found by local police and identified by a Japanese Embassy official a day after he was kidnapped in the eastern part of the war-torn country, the Japanese
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month, the government's proposal will include measures to help agricultural and fishing businesses hit hard by soaring fuel costs. It may also seek to slash expressway tolls, expand medical services for the elderly and
COLOMBO, Aug. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)A Japanese parliamentary delegation led by a former defense chief has expressed confidence at a meeting with Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa that his gover...
TOKYO The government on Wednesday inaugurated the headquarters for space development strategy in line with the mandate of the basic space law enacted in May. The headquarters, led by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, is tasked with drawing up a basic plan