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Japan to ease rules on subsidies for workers relocating outside Tokyo area

Business Dec 18, 2019

Japan to ease rules on subsidies for workers relocating outside Tokyo area

The government plans to ease its requirements for subsidies to people who move to places outside the Tokyo area in order to take new jobs, according to sources with knowledge of the matter. Despite the government's target of providing the subsidies to 3,984 individuals by ...

Walmart seen subsidizing vendors in online holiday price war with Amazon

Business Oct 15, 2019

Walmart seen subsidizing vendors in online holiday price war with Amazon

by Matthew Boyle

Hold on to your smartphone — the holiday price wars between Walmart Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are heating up. Walmart, the world's largest retailer, has introduced a program to temporarily lower the price consumers pay for some items on its marketplace site, where third-party vendors ...

Airbus, French exporters reel as U.S. tariffs loom in aircraft subsidy row

Business Sep 17, 2019

Airbus, French exporters reel as U.S. tariffs loom in aircraft subsidy row

Shares in Airbus and French luxury goods exporters fell on Monday as the European Union acknowledged it may face U.S. tariffs in a long-running dispute over aircraft subsidies, part of an escalating tit-for-tat trade row. The World Trade Organization has approved a U.S. request to ...

Business Mar 1, 2019

U.S. wins WTO ruling on Chinese grain price support in ruling also seen affecting India

The United States won a World Trade Organization ruling on China's price support for grains, successfully challenging a calculation methodology that is also used by India. A WTO adjudication panel agreed on Thursday with the U.S. complaint that China had paid farmers too much for ...

Airbus A380 production halt to fuel transatlantic trade spat amid subsidy row

Business Feb 15, 2019

Airbus A380 production halt to fuel transatlantic trade spat amid subsidy row

Airbus's decision to end production of the A380 looks set to reignite a transatlantic trade row over mutual claims of illegal aircraft subsidies, even as Airbus implements a two-year plan to stop making the world's largest airliner. The plane-maker announced the shutdown on Thursday due ...

National Jan 7, 2019

Ministry earmarks subsidies totaling ¥20 million to set up translation systems for foreign students at schools

The education ministry plans to set up a new subsidy system for prefectures and large cities that offer detailed support to foreign students attending public elementary and junior high schools and their parents through the use of multilingual translation systems. The subsidies will be offered ...

Government approves free preschool education program starting Oct. 2019

National Dec 28, 2018

Government approves free preschool education program starting Oct. 2019

The program includes free public preschool education for all children aged between 3 and 5.

Trump aide Larry Kudlow calls for end of electric vehicle subsidies created by Congress

Business Dec 4, 2018

Trump aide Larry Kudlow calls for end of electric vehicle subsidies created by Congress

President Trump's top economic adviser on Monday said the White House wants to end subsidies for electric vehicle purchases, without saying how it would eliminate the incentives that were created by Congress. Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council, told reporters that ...

Trump asking agencies to look at GM subsidy cuts after carmaker announced layoffs, closures: source

Business Nov 29, 2018

Trump asking agencies to look at GM subsidy cuts after carmaker announced layoffs, closures: source

President Donald Trump has asked federal agencies to look for ways to cut subsidies to General Motors Co. following the automaker's announcement that it plans to close factories and lay off thousands of workers, according to a source familiar with his instructions. Trump said in ...

As state subsidies decline, Nagoya University turns to crowdfunding to support student activities

National | Regional voices: Chubu Sep 3, 2018

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

Business Aug 28, 2018

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

Business Jul 26, 2018

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 ...

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