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A sit-in by visa violators and their families entered its second day Tuesday in front of the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau with protesters seeking government good will. The action at the bureau in Minato Ward is being organized by the Asian People’s Friendship Society, ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Takashi Miike's blood-soaked vengeance tale, one of two Japanese films being shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, draws the biggest boos so far, with critics savaging it as overacted and cliched.
Have you ever given your best effort while striving to achieve something but felt like what you were doing was futile? That’s the feeling I’m getting about Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Olympics. With just over three months to go until the IOC ...
A Bank of Japan policymaker said Thursday that the central bank’s experimental quantitative easing measures will bolster the economy and push up prices, expressing confidence that its 2 percent inflation target can be achieved. “The 2 percent inflation target is expected to be attained ...
Bank of Japan Policy Board member Takehiro Sato said Wednesday that achieving the 2 percent inflation target agreed to by the BOJ will be a tall order and called on the government to enhance its growth strategy to ensure wage hikes. “At a time ...
The 2 percent inflation target will produce positive effects in six to 12 months if the Bank of Japan continues to take appropriate measures toward that goal, says Koichi Hamada, an economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In a recent interview, the professor ...
Members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet hinted Friday that the Bank of Japan is moving closer to setting a 2 percent inflation target in a joint statement on policy coordination aimed at conquering deflation. “Things are going in a good direction,” economic and ...