Japan to formally elect new prime minister on October 1
WEB3 days ago · TOKYO. Japan's new prime minister will be formally elected by the Diet on October 1 following next week's leadership contest, a ruling party official said Wednesday. Polls indicate that three frontrunners are emerging among the nine candidates to succeed Fumio Kishida as head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the September 27 …
Bank of Japan leaves key interest rate unchanged
WEB1 day ago · Sep. 20 04:33 pm JST. 0 Comment. TOKYO. The Bank of Japan left interest rates unchanged on Friday, after a decision to hike them in July pushed the yen sharply higher and fuelled turmoil across world markets. Two days after the U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic, the BOJ's stasis came as …
Asian stocks follow Wall Street's rate-cut rally higher
WEB1 day ago · Wall Street’s gains followed rallies for markets across Europe and Asia after the Federal Reserve delivered its first cut to interest rates in more than four years on Wednesday. That closed the door on a run where the Fed kept its main interest rate at a two-decade high in hopes of slowing the U.S. economy enough to stamp out high inflation.
More than 95,000 Japanese aged over 100; most of them women
WEB4 days ago · Sep. 17 06:35 pm JST. 0 Comment. TOKYO. The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 -- almost 90 percent of them women -- government data showed Tuesday. The figures further highlight the slow-burning demographic crisis gripping the world's fourth-biggest economy as its population ages …
Lowered adult age sees rise in young Japanese struggling with ...
WEB4 days ago · By Takamasa Hirokawa TAKAMATSU. One feared consequence of Japan's lowering of the age of adulthood to 18 in 2022 appears to have come true -- a rise in young people getting into difficulties with debt. With personal bankruptcy occurring as early as 19, government agencies are doubling efforts to raise public awareness about the issue.
Japan says Chinese aircraft carrier entered its contiguous ...
WEB3 days ago · A Chinese aircraft carrier entered Japan's contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday, Japan's defense ministry said, the latest in a string of military maneuvers that has ratcheted up tensions between the neighbors. The carrier, accompanied by two destroyers, sailed between Japan's southern Yonaguni and Iriomote islands, entering an….
Future of Japan's manned deep-sea submersible in limbo
WEB3 days ago · Shinkai 6500, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology's manned submersible which can dive 6.5 kilometers deep, is reaching the end of its life span with no prospects of a replacement vessel being developed anytime soon. The government intends to focus its efforts on developing unmanned submersibles, but researchers …
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