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The government is considering giving effective 2 percent rebates for cashless purchases of all goods and services at small shops after next year's planned consumption tax hike, it was learned Saturday. The rebate program will be in place for about one year from October 2019, ...
As state subsidies decline, Nagoya University turns to crowdfunding to support student activities
Amid cuts in government subsidies for national universities, Nagoya University has turned to crowdfunding to support student activities and educational projects. So far the university has raised roughly ¥5 million — more than the targeted amount — for five projects, including the development of a ...
U.S. says China's steel wheels are subsidized, will impose duties on imports
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday it had made a preliminary determination that imports of certain steel wheels from China were subsidized at rates ranging from 58.75 percent to 172.51 percent, and it would impose duties on the product. "As a result of today's ...
Trump blasts Beijing's retaliatory tariffs as bid to target U.S. farmers for concessions
U.S. President Donald Trump accused China on Wednesday of targeting American farmers in a "vicious" way and using them as leverage to get trade concessions a day after the administration announced a $12 billion farm aid package. China and other top U.S. trade partners zeroed ...
150,000 intractable disease sufferers in Japan lose right to medical aid
Some 150,000 sufferers of intractable diseases have lost their right to special subsidies for medical expenses, a health ministry survey showed Wednesday. They were excluded from the subsidy program in line with a change carried out in January under the law on such diseases that ...
U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt low-income Americans by doing away with Obamacare subsidies and make it harder for him to engage in bipartisan talks with Democrats as Congress edges toward a possible government shutdown, lawmakers said on Sunday. The White House has announced that ...
Japan's quiet payouts to cities near nuclear plants fuels speculation of political ploy
In an apparent bid to win support for the restart of nuclear power plants, the state has quietly expanded the scope of subsidies for host cities to include local governments within 30 kilometers of the facilities, a charge the government denied Friday. The change came ...
U.S. slaps preliminary 220% countervailing duty on Bombardier jets after Boeing subsidy complaint
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday slapped preliminary anti-subsidy duties on CSeries jets made by Bombardier Inc. after rival Boeing Co. charged that the aircraft were unfairly subsidized by Canada. The department said it imposed a 219.63 percent countervailing duty on Bombardier's new commercial jets ...
LDP chapter led by Cabinet member Motegi got donation from subsidized firm via special clause
A Liberal Democratic Party chapter led by economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi received a donation in 2015 from a company subsidized by the state, Kyodo News learned Thursday. Motegi, who assumed his post in a Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month, and architectural company Nikken Sekkei ...
For Fukushima returnees, security a growing concern in deserted towns
It's like a dream to once again be able to live in my "home, sweet home." That's what Hidezo Sato, 72, says he feels every day since returning to his fallout-hit hometown of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. The government partially lifted its nuclear evacuation order on March ...
Government may pull plug on a quarter of clean-energy projects
About a quarter of all approved clean-energy projects in Japan may no longer qualify for government incentives after failing to meet a deadline to secure grid access, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. About 456,000 projects totaling 27.7 gigawatts ...
Osaka investigators search Moritomo Gakuen over dubious cost estimates
The Osaka Prefectural Government sends investigators to search the headquarters of nationalist school entity Moritomo Gakuen for evidence of fraud regarding subsidies for a new elementary school.
