Japanese tourists visit disputed island with Russian visas+
Aug 23 10:45 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ A group of Japanese tourists on Monday visited a Russian-held island claimed by Japan after obtaining Russian visas in what is believed to be the first sightseeing tour by a group of Japanese nationals.
Kan calls for support for reelection as DPJ leader+
Aug 23 08:37 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday began drumming up support for his reelection as leader of the Democratic Party of Japan next month, but there is a growing possibility that a rival candidate will be fielded by lawmakers from the ruling party dissatisfied with his leadership. ...
Gov't to publicize Japan-U.S. expert report on Futenma relocation+
Aug 23 08:08 AM US/Eastern
TOKYO, Aug. 23 (Kyodo) _ The government intends to make public an expert report on the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture due to be compiled by the end of this month, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said Monday. ...
Transport ministry to select hub ports on Sea of Japan+
Aug 23 06:45 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ The transport ministry will soon begin working to select hub ports facing the Sea of Japan in an effort to raise their international competitiveness by attracting sea transport cargo from the rapidly-developing northeast Asian countries, informed sources said Monday. ...
Hatoyama to visit Moscow in 'private capacity' for son's workshop+
Aug 23 05:35 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will visit Moscow from Thursday to Sunday "in a private capacity" to attend a workshop of his son Kiichiro, an urban engineering researcher...
Kan calls for support for reelection as DPJ leader+
Aug 23 05:15 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday began drumming up support for his reelection as leader of the Democratic Party of Japan next month, but there is a growing possibility that a rival candidate will be fielded by lawmakers from the ruling party dissatisfied with his leadership. ...
Bahamas survey ship moves out of Japan's EEZ+
Aug 23 03:26 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ A Bahamian-registered survey ship moved out of Japan's exclusive economic zone early Monday from some 215 kilometers north- northwest of Taisho Island, one of the disputed...
Japan, China, S. Korea to promote environment-friendly tourism+
Aug 23 01:36 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ The tourism ministers of Japan, China and South Korea jointly proposed Monday that environment-friendly tourism be promoted to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions, Japanese...
Gov't to unveil expert report on Futenma relocation by end of Aug.+
Aug 23 01:18 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshito Sengoku said Monday the government intends to disclose an expert report on the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa, due to be compiled by the end of this month. ...
Kan calls for support to his reelection as DPJ leader+
Aug 23 12:30 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Monday tried to drum up support for his reelection as leader of the Democratic Party of Japan next month, but there is a growing possibility that a rival candidate will be fielded by lawmakers from the ruling party dissatisfied with his leadership. ...
Some 1,750 ex-bureaucrats got gov't-linked jobs in 2007-2009+
Aug 23 12:26 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ A total of 1,757 active and former ranking government officials found employment between 2007 and 2009 at organizations and companies that received subsidies or business contracts from the government in the year ended March 2009, the internal affairs ministry said Monday. ...
Some 1,500 gov't-linked posts successively held by ex-bureaucrats+
Aug 22 06:04 PM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Some 1,528 senior positions at government-linked organizations are being occupied by a former government official for at least the third successive time from the same ministry or agency, according to a survey as of April 1 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications obtained by Kyodo News on Sunday. ...
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