Japan to double ODA for Africa Daily Yomiuri | The government will double its official development assistance to African countries over the next five years, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. | Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda likely will announce the government's plan at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) to ...
Ageing Japan to get first foreign nurses - report The Star | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to accept nurses and elderly-care workers from Indonesia, possibly as soon as July, the financial daily Nikkei said on Friday, as the country struggles to care for its rapidly growing ranks of old people. | The Japanese government has long kept immigration to a minim...
Japan to send 27 to Beijing meet Daily Yomiuri | Japan will dispatch a contingent of 27 athletes, including members and alternates for all four relay races, to a pre-Olympic meet in Beijing later this month, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced Friday. | Opportunities for achi...
Japan to double ODA for Africa Daily Yomiuri | The government will double its official development assistance to African countries over the next five years, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. | Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda likely will announce the government's plan at the Fourth Tokyo Internationa...
Ageing Japan to get first foreign nurses - report The Star | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to accept nurses and elderly-care workers from Indonesia, possibly as soon as July, the financial daily Nikkei said on Friday, as the country struggles to care for its rapidly growing ranks of old people. | The Japane...
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Marines Given Jail For Japan Sex Assaults CBS News Two U.S. Marines were sentenced to prison time Friday on charges related to sexual assaults on two different young women in Japan, but both men have avoided rape convictions. | Kyo...
Japan's Economy Grows At 3.3 Pct Annual Pace In 1Q CBS News Japan's economy grew at a stronger-than-expected 3.3 percent annual pace in the first quarter, racking up its third consecutive quarter of growth. | Japan's gross domestic product ...
Japan to double aid to Africa News24 | Tokyo - Japan plans to double its financial assistance to Africa within five years as part of its efforts to help the continent combat poverty and civil conflicts, a newspaper sa...
U.S. military: Marine in Japan sentenced to 4 years Canoe By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | TOKYO - The U.S. military says a military court has found an American marine guilty of abusive sexual conduct of a Japanese teenager in Okinawa, southern Japan. | The military said Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott was sentenced Fri...
Japan, U.S. discuss feasibility of bilateral gasoline trade+ AOL TOKYO, May 16 (Kyodo) - Japanese and U.S. officials have exchanged views on the feasibility of exporting excess gasoline from Japan to the United States to help alleviate short supplies of petroleum products, the Japanese industry ministry said Frida...
Sony shares rise in Tokyo after upbeat earnings Newsday | TOKYO - shares jumped nearly 9 percent in Thursday trading in Tokyo, a day after the Japanese electronics and entertainment company released upbeat earnings that included a record fiscal year profit. | Sony stock closed at 5,270 yen ($50) midday, up 8.7 percent from the previous day, as the market welcomed the strongest sign in years of the Tokyo...
Tight security at Japan torch relay CNN | NAGANO, Japan (CNN) -- Tight security accompanied the Olympic torch relay in Japan on Saturday, as thousands of police officers helped quickly end the few and sporadic protests in Nagano. | The torch now heads to South Korea, where the next leg of the global relay will be held in Seoul on Sunday. | Heavy security flanked torchbearer Senichi Hoshi...
Bank of Japan governor says focus is now on risks facing economy International Herald Tribune | : Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa said Monday that the central bank is now focused on threats to Japan's economic health, reaffirming sentiment that the country's low interest rates won't be raised anytime soon. | The Bank of Japan "is in a situation that requires us to be extremely watchful of downside risks to the economy," said Shirakawa,...
