Business May 21, 2017
Led by Japan, Pacific Rim nations agree to pursue revival of TPP
Trade ministers from Japan and 10 other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement unite over trying to resuscitate the free trade pact.
National / Politics Aug 4, 2016
Head of LDP Tokyo branch to resign after gubernatorial defeat
Nobuteru Ishihara, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo chapter, said Thursday that he will resign from the post, following the defeat of the candidate the ruling party backed in last Sunday's gubernatorial election. Ishihara, who was retained as economic and fiscal policy minister in ...
Business / Economy Jul 12, 2016
Abe orders drafting of new stimulus package to breathe life into Japan's economy
by Reiji Yoshida
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe orders economic revitalization minister Nobuteru Ishihara to come up with a range of economic measures, including a supplementary budget for fiscal 2016.
Business / Economy Jun 28, 2016
Japan considers further help for small businesses hit by Brexit
Japan is likely to include assistance for small businesses in an economic stimulus package it will compile after Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union, Economy Minister Nobuteru Ishihara said on Tuesday. Policymakers also said financial markets are starting to calm down after the ...
National / Politics Apr 8, 2016
Diet erupts in outrage as ex-minister's TPP manuscript reveals details Abe kept under wraps
by Ayako Mie
The Democratic Party boycotts Diet talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership after memoirs linked to former farm minister Koya Nishikawa reveal details of the secret trade negotiations.
Business / Economy | CABINET INTERVIEW Feb 18, 2016
New economic minister Ishihara believes recovery underway
by Reiji Yoshida
Facing reporters in one of his first interviews since being named Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister, Nobuteru Ishihara said Wednesday the economy is making a steady recovery despite recent sharp falls in stock prices and the negative growth logged in the final three months ...
National / Politics Feb 1, 2016
Diet deliberations to resume after resolution of Akira Amari policy speech deadlock
by Tomohiro Osaki
Opposition and ruling-party lawmakers overcame a deadlock Monday by agreeing to resume Diet deliberations, which had ground to a halt when Akira Amari quit his Cabinet post last week over a graft scandal. The Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling coalition, after talks with the opposition parties, ...
National / Politics Jan 29, 2016
New economy chief Ishihara vows to stick to Abenomics program
by Mizuho Aoki
New economy and fiscal policy minister Nobuteru Ishihara vowed Friday to pour his utmost efforts into Abenomics and ease public anxiety over the economy after Akira Amari's sudden resignation. "I will work hard to accomplish Abenomics so that more people can actually feel the benefits ...
National Jun 23, 2014
Ishihara visits Fukushima in latest apology over cash-for-storage gaffe
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara on Monday apologized again for making a remark suggesting that the issue of where to store contaminated soil from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 power plant was a matter of handing out money. This time Ishihara made the apology to Toshitsuna ...
National Jun 19, 2014
Ishihara backtracks on kickbacks
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara on Thursday retracted remarks suggesting that paying off local authorities in cash would ultimately solve the problem of where to store radiation-tainted soil from Fukushima Prefecture, after opposition parties demanded his resignation. Ishihara also said he would visit the region to ...
National Jun 17, 2014
Environment minister backtracks on saying cash will settle Fukushima dump dispute
Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara apologized Tuesday for suggesting that money would ultimately decide whether local authorities accept the central government's proposal to build storage facilities for soil contaminated by the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear disaster. Ishihara, appearing at a news conference after drawing criticism from ...
National Nov 17, 2013
Japan meets Kyoto goal via credit buys
Japan says it has fulfilled its 1997 Kyoto Protocol obligations thanks to a plunge in greenhouse gas emissions during the global financial crisis and carbon credits bought overseas.