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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s parliament on Wednesday formally re-elected Shinzo Abe as prime minister after his party’s crushing election victory, setting the 63-year-old on track to become the country’s longest-serving premier. MPs voted by a huge majority to re-install Abe, after his conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) swept to a two-thirds “super majority” on October 22. During the campaign Abe had stressed the need for strong leadership to deal with what he called Japan’s […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Non-smoking employees at one Japanese firm are getting six additional days’ holiday to compensate for the time their colleagues spend puffing away at work. Piala, a Tokyo-based online commerce consulting and marketing company, kicked off the program in September after an employee complained about the time lost by smoking colleagues who frequently disappear to light up. “Because our office is located on the 29th floor … it takes at least 10 […]
(Eagle News) — China has “committed” to not building anything near Pagasa and Scarborough, where the Philippines has claims. This is according to President Rodrigo Duterte himself, who spoke to reporters upon his arrival from his 2-day visit to Japan on Tuesday night. “I hope they would honor that commitment to us. I hope and pray,” the President said. He said in his case, once he commits to anyone, “as a president of a sovereign […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after North Korea conducted its sixth and largest underground nuclear test on September 3, TV Asahi said, quoting unnamed North Korean sources. Some 100 workers were involved in an initial collapse. Another […]
Inks defense, business agreements; secures pledge for Build, Build, Build program (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the country on Tuesday night, after what he described as a “most productive and engaging” two-day visit to Japan. According to the President, he discussed with his “good friend” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “concrete, time-bound and specific ways to further intensifying bilateral cooperation.” He said on top of both leaders’ agenda was “vital support for the […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The European Union and Japan asked the United Nations on Tuesday to condemn North Korea for gross human rights violations, drawing a link between severe hunger endured by North Koreans and Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear programs. After the death of US student Otto Warmbier, a draft resolution also said North Korea must provide detained foreign nationals with access to consular services and allow them to communicate with their families. […]
TOKYO, Japan (Agence France Presse) — Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo. According to public broadcaster NHK, Shiraishi told police: “I killed them and did some work on the bodies in order […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will be serenaded with a bizarre hit song about a “pen-pineapple-apple-pen” on his visit to Japan next week. Japan will roll out wacky crooner Pikotaro — whose 45-second “PPAP” ditty went viral last year after being shared by pop star Justin Bieber — when Trump comes to town at the start of an Asian tour, Kyodo News agency reported. The singer, apparently a favorite of Trump’s grandchildren, will attend […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called North Korea a “global threat” Monday and said he backed tighter sanctions against it during a visit to Japan, which has been targeted by Pyongyang’s provocations. Stoltenberg is in Tokyo to meet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other senior officials including defence minister Itsunori Onodera later in the day. “We are as concerned as you are about the provocative, reckless behavior from North Korea,” he said […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Monday on the back of gains on Wall Street and with hundreds of Japanese firms reporting earnings this week, including Nintendo and Sony. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.35 percent, or 76.02 points, to 22,084.47 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was little changed, inching up 1.22 points to 1,772.27. “The Japanese market will likely remain solid this week as there is a […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet with Japanese Emperor Akihito in his three-day working visit to Japan. “It’s a kind of a homage to see the emperor before he abdicates,” Duterte told reporters prior to his departure to Tokyo. According to the President, he would “bring the warm greetings of the Filipino nation, a grateful nation to Japan.” “I suppose that I have to limit my mouth there..,” Duterte said. Duterte […]
