All Nippon Airways Co. and Japan Airlines Co. will scrap fuel surcharges for their international flights from April to reflect the plummeting cost of jet fuel. The last time the two airlines removed surcharges was in September 2009. Travel agencies welcome the move as the number of Japanese traveling overseas has been shrinking. “It will […]
The Philippines has overtaken Thailand and Vietnam as the investment destination of choice in Asia among Japanese companies diversifying beyond China, a ranking official of the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) told The STAR. In an interview during his recent visit to the country, Jetro executive vice president Tatsuhiro Shindo said the Philippines has moved […]
Police in Toda, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 71-year-old woman on suspicion of setting her son’s room on fire. Eiko Sasaki is suspected of setting fire to her son’s room at around 9 a.m. Sunday, Sankei Shimbun reported. The fire spread and destroyed the 50-square-meter apartment. According to police, Sasaki has admitted to the charge […]
Takashi Shimazu allegedly choked a woman he met via a deai-kei service and robbed her of 200,000 yen. Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 39-year-old man for assaulting and robbing a female prostitute inside a hotel in Shibuya Ward last year, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Feb. 9). At approximately 5:30 p.m. on November 29, Takashi Shimazu is alleged […]
The Japanese government has decided to withdraw its request that UNESCO register a group of churches and other Christian places as a World Cultural Heritage site. The Cabinet approved the decision on Tuesday after UNESCO’s advisory body asked Japan to review the content of the nomination for the sites. The International Council on Monuments and […]
Japanese government data show that the average monthly salary in 2015 grew from a year earlier, but real wages adjusted for inflation actually fell for a 4th straight year. Labor ministry officials say the average worker earned about 2,700 dollars a month last year. That was the 2nd year it increased. And it was up […]
The Lower House of Japan’s Diet has unanimously adopted a resolution protesting North Korea’s recent rocket launch. The resolution adopted on Tuesday says the North launched what it calls a satellite-carrying rocket on Sunday, despite international calls for restraint. It calls the act a grave challenge that badly damages peace and safety in the region […]
The Philippines will see nearly 5,000 megawatts (MW) from 47 new power facilities being built in the next five years. However, over 70 percent of these new power facilities would be coal-based, government data showed. This is despite the country’s push for renewable energy projects and commitment in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) held […]
The Philippines is set to pioneer hybrid rice farming in Malaysia in April as the country’s ASEAN neighbor seeks to raise self-sufficiency in rice production amid its limited rice area. Local hybrid rice and seeds producer SL Agritech Corp. will ship out a minimum of 100 kilos of seeds for an initial pilot testing where […]
Mitsubishi Motors Corp’s Philippines unit plans to locally produce small cars as early as next year to take advantage of a US$600 million (RM2.5 billion) government incentive scheme, the automaker’s domestic head said. Mitsubishi sells the most cars in the Philippines after Toyota Motor Corp, which has also said it was keen to take part […]
