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Govt to refuse Hashimoto's Oi suggestion - The Daily Yomiuri
Although the central government and Hashimoto have differing ideas, a senior government official said it is significant that Hashimoto, who is influential in the region, was in favor of any kind of reactivation. According to some economic experts in ...
'Kompu gacha' online games may be illegal - The Daily Yomiuri
The Consumer Affairs Agency has concluded that a system used by some online game operators on social networking service (SNS) websites constitutes a violation of a law that bans certain types of sales methods, according to sources close to the agency.
Japan-US statement to include energy ties - The Daily Yomiuri
... released at the close of the forthcoming summit meeting between Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and US President Barack Obama will include an accord on bilateral cooperation in energy-related fields, according to sources close to the prime minister.
Japan Tobacco to get new boss - The Daily Yomiuri
Japan Tobacco Inc. President Hiroshi Kimura will retire in June from the top JT post to be succeeded by Mitsuomi Koizumi, currently an executive deputy president, according to sources close to the company. After being replaced by Koizumi, 55, Kimura, ...
Shimokobe was last resort for TEPCO post - The Daily Yomiuri
"TEPCO could fail if [the new chairman] is not decided this week," a government official said. TEPCO, which carries an immense burden of compensation payments due to the crisis at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, needs to get approval for its ...
N. Korea says it will not allow IAEA inspectors / Bilateral accord with US ... - The Daily Yomiuri
Pyongyang soon responded that it would reject inspections by IAEA officials, the sources said. North Korean media had emphasized the country would observe the bilateral accord even after it launched what it claimed was a rocket carrying a satellite.
North Korean 'rocket unit on launchpad' / Assembly to be followed by fuel ... - The Daily Yomiuri
SEOUL--North Korea has set up the first-stage booster on a launchpad in the northwest part of the country in preparation for its planned rocket launch this month, South Korean government sources said Saturday. The sources said the South Korean ...
Missile shoot-down order likely Fri. - The Daily Yomiuri
A government order to shoot down a North Korean missile scheduled to be launched next month could come as soon as Friday, government sources said, as Japan ramps up its preparations to deal with the threat. Issuance of the order to the Self-Defense ...
US asks for additional 96 bil. yen to relocate marines from Okinawa - The Daily Yomiuri
... of US marines stationed in Okinawa Prefecture to Guam, requesting 4 billion dollars (about 320 billion yen) instead of the 2.8 billion dollars (about 224 billion yen) the sides agreed on in 2006, according to sources close to the bilateral talks.
Charges loom over falsified AIJ reports - The Daily Yomiuri
After the probe is completed, the Investigation Division will start examining whether criminal charges should be laid against AIJ President Kazuhiko Asakawa and other executives, the sources said. The planned investigations reflect the far-reaching ...
AIJ moved missing pension funds to Caymans, Hong Kong - The Daily Yomiuri
According to sources close to the company, AIJ used most of the 200 billion yen to buy a private investment trust in the Cayman Islands through ITM Securities Co., a Tokyo-based company with close ties to AIJ. This money had been entrusted to AIJ for ...
Mazda eyes emerging nations / Capital injection of loans, public offering to ... - The Daily Yomiuri
Mazda Motor Corp. will boost its capital by as much as 170 billion yen as it plans to ratchet up its presence in emerging economies, sources close to the company said. The automaker decided it would be necessary to strengthen its financial base amid a ...
4000 PCs, displays said exported to North Korea - The Daily Yomiuri
Many of the items are believed to have been sold on the black market to senior members of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, the sources said. Lee Sungi, president of Popura-Tec, was arrested earlier this month by the Metropolitan Police Department's ...
Govt clams up on defector document - The Daily Yomiuri
Asked why the government refuses to confirm the existence of the document, a government official said, "People would understand if we explain [in detail about our dialogues with China], but making [the dialogues] public would damage the mutual trust ...
SDF seeks US intel on S. Sudan / Sources cite request for border security in ... - The Daily Yomiuri
The US Africa Command will work in collaboration with the GSDF, government sources said, adding it is quite unusual for Japan's peacekeeping troops to operate in tandem with US forces. The United States is involved in antiterrorism operations in a ...
Noda chose words carefully / TPP language thought to be aimed at soothing ... - The Daily Yomiuri
As a result of the consultations, Noda decided to avoid emphatically saying something like, "There's no choice but to join the TPP negotiations to rehabilitate Japan after two 'lost decades' of economic stagnation," the source said. ...
Missile info leak suspected in MHI cyber-attacks - The Daily Yomiuri
Information on a domestically developed air-to-ship missile may have been leaked in cyber-attacks on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., according to sources close to the case. The information on the Type 80 missile is suspected to have been leaked in ...
Govt, Rengo struggling on public wage cuts / National Personnel Authority's ... - The Daily Yomiuri
Settlement of the issue depends on how the prime minster will exercise his leadership," a government official said. Personnel costs have been cut about 159 billion yen for fiscal 2009 and 2010 in total, according to the DPJ. ...
Govt seeks to import liquefied natural gas from US - The Daily Yomiuri
Washington has already shown a positive stance toward Japan's plans, a government official said. Japan is already the world's largest importer of LNG. Its LNG sources include Malaysia, Australia and Indonesia. In the United States, production of shale ...
Obama flight info leaked by controller / Haneda staffer posted photos of ... - The Daily Yomiuri
"Prime Minister Noda will need to apologize to President Obama at a Japan-US summit meeting," a senior government official said. The leaders are next scheduled to hold talks in New York on Sept. 21. Yoshitomo Aoki, a commentator on aviation and ...
Prosecutors 'concealed crucial evidence' - The Daily Yomiuri
During the initial investigation into the woman's murder, police detected saliva on her breast that did not match the suspect's blood type, but prosecutors withheld the information from his defense counsel, the sources said. The withholding of evidence ...
Kan too preoccupied to stem yen's relentless rise - The Daily Yomiuri
A source close to Kan said the prime minister's awareness of his ineptitude in handling economic policies had made him "less interested in currency woes than the nuclear crisis and energy policies." Government inaction also reflects the fact that the ...
Nuclear agency plan rushed - The Daily Yomiuri
Monday's Cabinet approval, which a government official said was "aimed only at reaching some kind of conclusion on the matter before Prime Minister Naoto Kan steps down," was dismissed as "too hasty" even by some government officials and DPJ lawmakers. ...
Fukushima Pref. suffers 20 bil. yen in rain damage - The Daily Yomiuri
The cost to the agricultural, forestry and fisheries businesses across three cities, 10 towns and three villages totaled about 5.7 billion yen, a government official said Tuesday. Damage to agricultural produce, including rice and tomatoes, ...
Compensation list needs work - The Daily Yomiuri
However, as the situation at the Fukushima nuclear plant remains unresolved, it is not possible to ascertain a total figure, a senior government official said. There are also concerns that compensation claims will rise if further damage occurs.