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Ex-Evessa star's spouse released from custody - The Japan Times
According to a source who requested anonymity, Dana Washington had a prescription for medical marijuana, legal under California state law, to treat arthritis, sleep deprivation and migraine headaches. After taking over-the-counter prescription drugs ...
AKB48, other celebrities to advertise reconstruction bonds - The Japan Times
The Finance Ministry is planning to tap the AKB48 girl group and other celebrities engaged in charity work following the March 2011 disasters to help boost sales of reconstruction bonds for individual investors, sources said Tuesday.
Nation's wind power generation capacity grew fivefold in last decade - The Japan Times
But growth in fiscal 2011 shrank to just under 100000 kw — the slowest pace in the decade — following the termination of subsidies for wind plant construction the previous year, the sources said Saturday. The government expects electricity produced ...
Voluntary power-saving plan risky if heat, economy collide - The Japan Times
Considering the time needed for companies to prepare, such as by revising plant operation schedules, a government official said the "deadline" had come for the government to decide on this summer's measures. Last year, in the early days of the ...
Japan may drop $60 billion into IMF piggybank - The Japan Times
Japan may lend around $60 billion to the International Monetary Fund as an emergency step to bolster a global financial firewall set up to prevent the sovereign debt crisis in Europe from spreading, a government official said Sunday.
With South Korea blocking a trilateral FTA with China, bilateral accord with ... - The Japan Times
"We cannot postpone (trade) liberalization with China any longer," a government official said. From the government's standpoint, the focus of any trade talks with China will be on the heavily protected agricultural market, as framers fear an influx of ...
Washington OKs auto, insurance talks during TPP negotiations - The Japan Times
WASHINGTON — Tokyo and Washington have agreed to continue free-trade talks on automobiles and insurance while Japan explores its prospects for entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact, a senior government official said.
Emperor likely to be discharged from hospital Sunday - The Japan Times
Emperor Akihito probably will be discharged Sunday from University of Tokyo Hospital, where he is recovering from heart bypass surgery, according to sources close to the Imperial Household Agency. The Emperor, 78, is undergoing rehabilitation to ...
US needs to renew ties to Baghdad - The Japan Times
Not to worry, senior administration officials said; troops in camouflage would be replaced by "troops" in pinstripes. But the commitment was little more than rhetorical; after the military exited, US officials quickly decided that Iraq was too unstable ...
Teacher outfoxes board, exposes bid to fleece JETs - The Japan Times
After having worked for two years on the JET (Japan Exchange and Teaching) program for the local BOE, the teacher, who asked to remain anonymous for this article, decided it was time to return to his home country after his second contract ended.
Ailing Yahoo's talks to sell Asian assets unravel - The Japan Times
The negotiations to sell Yahoo's stakes in China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo Japan abruptly broke off in a disagreement over the sales price and the best way to get the complex deal done, a source said. Another said Yahoo had second thoughts after ...
Pachinko firms said to have failed to declare ¥100 billion income - The Japan Times
Tax authorities claim that about 40 corporate groups running pachinko parlors across Japan failed to declare over ¥100 billion in total taxable income with back taxes amounting to several billion yen, sources close to the matter said Sunday.
Hu meeting nixed amid Senkaku spat - The Japan Times
China told the seven groups that Hu is unhappy with Japan's plan to name uninhabited isles near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the sources said Friday. Jia Qinglin, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference ...
US Treasurys foiling intervention - The Japan Times
Japanese authorities pursued what they determined to be the most effective strategy when conducting unannounced yen sales in November, a government official said Tuesday. The official declined to comment on whether US officials were given notice about ...
Marine base to remain in Futenma: US - The Japan Times
A senior US official told Japanese officials in late January that Futenma Air Station will have to stay in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, for the time being because of the standoff over its relocation plan, sources close to bilateral relations said ...
Bill eyed to block foreign control of water sources - The Japan Times
The DPJ and the LDP plan to commence formal party procedures for submission of the bill soon, the sources said. Adjustments by the parties have only revealed small differences, making the bill's submission during the current Diet session highly likely.
Decision on Olympus stirs more TSE doubts - The Japan Times
"For Olympus' shareholders, the decision is legitimate because they had no chance to find out about the accounting fraud," said an equity strategist at a brokerage house who asked to remain anonymous. "Looking at the incident as a whole, ...
Takayama vows to stay at Olympus helm until late April - The Japan Times
The shareholder, a man living in Nara Prefecture who has declined to be named, is demanding that the executives pay Olympus ¥1.34 billion for costs resulting from Woodford's firing, his lawyer said. Meanwhile, Olympus is suing 24 former and current ...
Takayama vows to stay at Olympus helm until late April - The Japan Times
The shareholder, a man living in Nara Prefecture who has declined to be named, is demanding that the executives pay Olympus ¥1.34 billion for costs resulting from Woodford's firing, his lawyer said. Meanwhile, Olympus is suing 24 former and current ...
Olympus chief to quit - The Japan Times
President Shuichi Takayama plans to step down by month's end to take responsibility for the concealment of massive losses at the major optical and medical equipment maker, company sources said Saturday. The move was prompted by a report compiled by an ...
Ichikawa, Yamaoka face ax in reshuffle - The Japan Times
He is also considering replacing some of the executives in his ruling Democratic Party of Japan, possibly by appointing a new Diet affairs chief and making current chief Hirofumi Hirano a Cabinet member, the sources said. Koriki Jojima, the DPJ's ...
Noda to ax Ichikawa, Yamaoka in reshuffle - The Japan Times
He is also considering changing some of the executives in his ruling Democratic Party of Japan, possibly by replacing Diet affairs chief Hirofumi Hirano and bringing him into the Cabinet, the sources said. Koriki Jojima, the DPJ's deputy secretary ...
Futenma impact report to be mailed to Okinawa - The Japan Times
The Defense Ministry is making arrangements to mail a key environmental impact assessment report to the Okinawa Prefectural Government, ministry sources said Monday. Message delivered: Members of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly and other citizens ...
Government evacuation order to come under fire - The Japan Times
A government panel investigating the Fukushima nuclear crisis is expected to state in an upcoming report that the evacuation order issued shortly after the accident began was irrational, sources said. The government ordered people living within 20 km ...
Economy set to shrink on yen, euro ills - The Japan Times
"Upturns in the global economy (in fiscal 2012) would help create an environment favorable to Japanese exports, while government spending on reconstruction is hoped to spur private sector investment," a government official said. ...