Japan News News Japan » Government: Japan to provide $10-billion for oil-starved SEA nations
The Japanese government said Wednesday it will provide a total of $10 billion in financial support to other Asian nations to help them secure crude oil ...
News Japan » Government: Japan's decade-long march towards arms exports
Japan has spent the past decade steadily dismantling some of the world's toughest arms export restrictions as it steps back from the postwar ...
News Japan » Government: Japan government plans to raise residence permit fees for foreign people
The Japanese government has revealed rough amounts of planned new fees that foreign people must pay to obtain residence permits. It says it is considering raising the fee for a permanent residence ...
News Japan » Government: Japan naphtha-dependent firms flag supply issues despite government assurances
By Hina Suzuki, Tamiyuki Kihara and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - Japanese companies whose output is dependent on naphtha or naphtha-based products are halting orders or slashing production ...
News Japan » Government: Japan Government Panel Member Kataoka Calls for $149 Billion Stimulus Package
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must compile a stimulus package of around $149 billion to support an economy hobbled by U.S. tariffs and weak consumption, Goushi Kataoka, a private-sector member of a key ...
News Japan » Government: Japan Government Panel Members Call for Sustainable Fiscal Policy
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must take steps to maintain market trust in its finances even as it ramps up spending to revive growth, private-sector members of a key government panel said on Thursday. The ...
News Japan » Government: Japan suspends issuing new visas for foreign restaurant workers
The Japanese government has stopped issuing new visas for foreign specified skilled workers in the restaurant sector as the quota of 50,000 has nearly been reached.
News Japan » Government: Even ordinary people know to apologize — Why doesn't the Japanese government?
Apologizing for mistakes is common sense — even ordinary Japanese citizens know that. That is why the Japanese government's silence on an apology is particularly deafening, and has sparked heated ...
News Japan » Government: Japan’s Long-Tenor Bond Yields Rise After 10-Year Debt Auction
Japan’s long maturity bond yields rose after a relatively smooth 10-year government bond auction failed to dispel ongoing fiscal and inflation concerns. Bond futures pared gains after the sale, and ...
News Japan » Government: U.S. government to own massive Japanese-funded power plant in Southern Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — An enormous natural-gas power plant planned for Southern Ohio is unusual not just for its scale, but also for who is investing in it and its planned ownership. The PORTS Technology ...
News Japan » Government: Japan’s Government Bonds Slump, Food Stocks Jump on Tax Cut Talk
Japanese government bonds fell and food-related stocks surged in Japan after reports of a possible cut to food tax ahead of a snap election expected to be held next month. Bonds were hit by concerns ...