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by Kelly OLSEN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s Emperor Akihito is set to make a rare address to the nation on Monday in remarks widely expected to signal that the 82-year old monarch wishes to abdicate — something that hasn’t happened in two centuries. Speculation about the emperor’s future emerged last month with reports he had told confidantes that advancing age was making it harder to perform his ceremonial duties and that he would like […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Thousands of people turned up in the Japanese port city of Yokohama on Sunday (August 7) as dozens of giant Pikachus, a character of the globally popular Pokemon GO game, paraded down the streets. Around 50 Pikachus and a dozen children and dancers braved the summer heat to entertain fans and passersby alike. The city has an exclusive deal with The Pokemon Company, which receives licensing fees from the game and […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japan’s foreign ministry on Friday summoned China’s ambassador to protest what it said were intrusions into its territorial waters by Chinese coast guard and fishing vessels. The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over uninhabited islets in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. Japanese vice foreign minister Shinsuke Sugiyama called in Cheng Yonghua, Beijing’s ambassador to Tokyo, the foreign ministry said in […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The parent company of Japan’s All Nippon Airways on Wednesday cited “terrorist incidents” in Europe and earthquakes at home for helping drag its April-June net profit down more than a fifth. ANA Holdings posted net profit of 6.6 billion yen ($65.8 million) for its fiscal first quarter, 20.7 percent lower than the same period last year, adding that a strong yen also took a bite out of its bottom line. The […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday condemned a North Korean test missile that landed 250 kilometres (155 miles) off Japan’s coast as an “outrageous act” which threatened his country. “It’s a serious threat against our country’s security,” Abe told reporters. “This is an outrageous act that cannot be tolerated.” Defence minister Gen Nakatani said the missile landed in the Sea of Japan off the north coast in the country’s Exclusive Economic Zone […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower Tuesday, as a Japanese stimulus package and a decision by Australia’s central bank to cut its key interest rate failed to lift sentiment. The recent decline in oil prices also weighed on trading. KEEPING SCORE: Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent to 6,667.31. Germany’s DAX lost 1.4 percent to 10,190.80 and France’s CAC 40 was 1.4 percent lower at 4,345.95. U.S. futures also indicated a lower […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – by Daniel LEUSSINK Japan’s cabinet Tuesday approved a mammoth 28-trillion yen ($273 billion) package in its latest attempt to stimulate lacklustre growth, including cash to improve infrastructure and raise the birthrate in the ageing nation. The stimulus plan announced last week is the latest in a series in recent years designed to fire up the world’s number three economy. “We have been able to put together a strong package that includes bold […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Beijing risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan warned Tuesday in an annual security assessment. China’s sweeping claims over the strategic South China Sea, where it has built a series of artificial islands capable of supporting military operations despite overlapping claims from other nations, have stoked international alarm. The region’s superpower “continues to act in an assertive manner” and its actions “include dangerous […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Beijing risks triggering unintended conflict with Asian rivals through its aggressive stance in maritime disputes, Japan warned Tuesday in an annual security assessment. China’s sweeping claims over the strategic South China Sea, where it has built a series of artificial islands capable of supporting military operations despite overlapping claims from other nations, have stoked international alarm. The region’s superpower “continues to act in an assertive manner” and its actions “include dangerous […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote, winning more than 2.9 million votes, far outpacing the nearly 1.8 million ballots cast for closest challenger Hiroya Masuda. Masuda, a former governor of Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Sony on Friday cut its sales forecast for the current fiscal year, citing the impact of a surging yen and slower smartphone sales, as net profit also took a hit. But it managed to stay in the black as strong sales of its PlayStation 4 offset negative impacts from a sharp rise in the yen and deadly earthquakes in Japan earlier this year which temporarily shuttered its regional factories. Revenue in […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Hawaiian Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Tokyo, its second such incident in Japan this month, an official said Thursday. Flight HA 442, which departed the northern Japanese city of Sapporo for Honolulu, made an emergency landing at Narita airport just outside the Japanese capital at 10:53 pm Wednesday (1353 GMT). The pilot cited an abnormality with the Boeing 767’s hydraulics system, said an official at Narita International Airport […]
