Cabinet OKs 4.79 trillion yen 2nd extra budget for FY 2008+
TOKYO, Dec.
Kazuo Nakamura, soldier who inspired 'The Burmese Harp' novel, dies
MAEBASHI, Japan, Dec.
Japan to hold follow-up African development meeting in March+
TOKYO, Dec. 20 Kyodo - Japan plans to hold in late March a ministerial-level follow-up meeting to a major conference on African development it hosted last May, government sources said Saturday.
Toyota to incur unconsolidated operating loss in FY 2008
NAGOYA, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
Toyota Motor Corp. is expected to report an unconsolidated operating loss in
Bill to redress issue of uninsured children enacted
TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
The Diet on Friday enacted a law to redress the issue of children without
health insurance.
1st ASDF cargo plane returns to Japan after completing Iraqi ops+
NAGOYA, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
The first of Japan's three Air Self-Defense Force cargo planes involved in
Shirakawa hints at further cut, says CP purchase 'extremely unusual'+
TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa indicated Friday that the central
Gist of BOJ monetary policy decisions+
TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
The following is the gist of the decisions made by the Bank of Japan's Policy
Board at a two-day meeting that ended Friday.
Japan local tax revenues to plunge 10.6% in FY 2009+
TOKYO, Dec. 19 Kyodo -
Local government tax revenues in Japan are expected to plunge in fiscal 2009
ending March 2010 to 36,186 billion yen, down 4,284.3 billion yen, or 10.6
