Archive for June, 2008
The Fair Trade Commission on Monday ordered Yamada Denki Co, the operator of Japan’s largest consumer electronics retail chain, to end its practice of making staff of product suppliers work at its stores without pay.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda expressed Japan’s readiness Monday to send Self-Defense Forces personnel to Sudan to participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations there. He made the remarks during his meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in Tokyo.
Japan on Monday condemned Friday’s one-man presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe as “deplorable,” with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura issuing a statement urging President Robert Mugabe’s government to promote dialogue with the opposition and proactively cooperate with international diplomatic efforts.
The Japan Coast Guard said Monday it has terminated rescue operations for 13 fishermen, who went missing after their fishing boat capsized and sank in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture on June 23.
An All Nippon Airways flight bound for Japan had to dump its fuel over Lake Michigan and return to Chicago for an emergency landing after one of its engines malfunctioned.
Japan and India on Monday signed a bilateral currency swap arrangement in which the two countries will provide up to $6 billion in total to prevent a financial crisis, the Japanese Finance Ministry said.
Japan’s housing starts in May fell 6.5% from a year earlier to 90,804 units for the 11th straight month of decline, according to a government report released Monday.
Hino Motors Ltd said Monday it will raise the prices of all of its truck and bus models in Japan on Tuesday due to surges in the prices of steel and other materials. It will be the company’s first price hikes for all models in 17 years.
TOKYO, June 30 (Kyodo) - Japan on Monday sought cooperation from the United Nations in creating an effective framework to combat climate change with the participation of all major greenhouse gas emitters, while vowing to work at the Group of Eight summit, which Japan will host next week, to send a ”robust” message on tackling soaring food prices.
Sports teams from 24 countries, including Canada, Germany, France, Israel and the United States, will hold camps in Japan for final preparations prior to the Beijing Olympics in August, a Kyodo News tally showed Sunday.