Daily Yomiuri Online Click
- LDP panels OK tax bill provision; risk of revolt over sales tax ebbs
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 23, 2009)
Two key Liberal Democratic Party panels on Thursday endorsed a supplementary provision of a government bill on tax system reform for fiscal 2009, which mentions raising the consumption tax but muddies the waters on the contentious issue of when the hike should be implemented. continued ... - Nishimatsu loaned 200 mil. yen to win bid
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 23, 2009)
Nishimatsu Construction Co. has loaned more than 200 million yen to a construction company in Fukushima Prefecture through a dummy company since 2003, apparently hoping the loan would help it win a contract to remove surplus soil from a nuclear power station in the prefecture, it has been learned. continued ... - Challenges ahead with new U.S. govt
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 23, 2009)
Satoshi Ogawa / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent
WASHINGTON--Many hurdles remain to be cleared in Japan-U.S. relations, though the two governments aim to maintain their firm alliance under U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration was launched Tuesday. continued ... - POLITICAL PULSE / Taxing issue for Aso's future / PM quells rebellion over consumption tax hike plan with apparent ease
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 23, 2009)
Koichi Akaza
The term zohan, meaning rebel or rebellion, can be heard bandied about a lot these days in Nagatacho, the nation's political nerve center in Tokyo. continued ... - Editorial: New law urgently needed for fight against piracy
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Jan. 23, 2009)
The dispatch of Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels to waters off Somalia to fight piracy under a maritime policing provision of the Self-Defense Forces Law is merely a stopgap measure. New legislation to enable the MSDF to tackle piracy is still urgently needed and should not be put on the back burner. continued ...
The Asahi Shimbun Click
- Panel: MSDF at fault in deadly collision
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: January 23, 2009)
BY YUSUKE NAGANO, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
YOKOHAMA--Lax oversight on the part of crew members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Atago was the primary cause of a collision with a fishing boat last February that left two fishermen dead, a marine accident inquiry concluded Thursday. continued ... - Early go-between for Japan, U.S. finally 'home'
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: January 23, 2009)
BY YU MIYAJI, THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
The house in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, where John Manjiro lived during the 10 years in the mid-19th century that transformed his life, is to be preserved as a facility to promote friendship between Japan and the United States. continued ... - Provisions muddy Aso's tax hike plan
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: January 23, 2009)
Liberal Democratic Party panels Thursday approved the government's draft provisions on fiscal 2009 tax reforms that obscure Prime Minister Taro Aso's roadmap for raising the consumption tax rate in fiscal 2011. continued ... - EDITORIAL: China's defense report
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: January 23, 2009)
China on Tuesday released its defense white paper for 2008, the sixth such policy report from this rising military power. The previous one was published in December 2006. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Obama and the world
(The Asahi Shimbun) (IHT/Asahi: January 23, 2009)
In his inaugural speech, new U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation in a solemn tone as if to keep himself in check. The passionate pitch he used to inspire enthusiasm among voters during the election campaign was missing. Apparently, the weight of the difficulties he faces and the sense of responsibility as a national leader made the tone of his speech more subdued. continued ...
The Japan Times Click
- Main collision blame lies with Atago
(The Japan Times) Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
MSDF destroyer's watch failures caused deaths of trawler's father-son crew: tribunal
YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) The Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal determined Thursday that the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago was mainly at fault in a fatal predawn collision with a fishing boat off Chiba Prefecture last February. continued ... - MSDF antipiracy mission gets LDP go-ahead
(The Japan Times) Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
By JUN HONGO, Staff writer
A team from the Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling bloc gave the green light Thursday to a proposal to dispatch the Maritime Self-Defense Force to protect Japanese vessels from Somali pirates off Africa. continued ... - LDP panel dilutes tax hike proposal as peers rebel against setting a date
(The Japan Times) Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
By KAZUAKI NAGATA, Staff writer
A key Liberal Democratic Party panel barely managed to contain a rebellion Thursday as debate on a proposal to schedule a consumption tax hike forced it to toss in vague wording that provides more wiggle room in picking a date for the increase. continued ... - Nishimatsu slush fund ¥1 billion
(The Japan Times) Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
(Kyodo News) Nishimatsu Construction Co. held about ¥1 billion in slush funds 10 years ago and an ex-chairman who was president at the time may have known of their existence, a company source said Thursday. continued ... - EDITORIAL: Another slush-fund scandal
(The Japan Times) Friday, Jan. 23, 2009
A slush-fund scandal has hit the construction industry again. Tokyo public prosecutors on Tuesday arrested the president of Nishimatsu Construction Co. on suspicion of instructing a former vice president and three others to bring ¥70 million into Japan without reporting it to customs authorities between February 2006 and August 2007. The president stepped down from his position on the same day he was arrested. continued ...
The Mainichi Daily News Click
- Ex-president of Nishimatsu Construction admits to having created slush funds
(Mainichi Japan) January 23, 2009
The former president of second-tier general contractor Nishimatsu Construction Co., under arrest over his role in creating slush funds, admitted to the allegations during questioning, sources close to the case said. continued ... - MSDF faces unprecedented safety recommendation over Atago collision
(Mainichi Japan) January 23, 2009
YOKOHAMA -- The Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal has ruled that the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) unit responsible for a destroyer that collided with and sank a fishing boat should be handed a recommendation to boost safety awareness. continued ... - Japan to deploy destroyers off Somalia on anti-piracy mission
(Mainichi Japan) January 23, 2009
Prime Minister Taro Aso is set to order the defense minister to prepare to deploy Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyers off Somalia on an anti-piracy mission, government officials said. continued ...
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