Tag: Japan

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 12:04 UTC

  Japan carries out three executions in one day

  

  Japanese judicial authorities Tuesday hanged three death row inmates in the first executions since Dec. 26, 2019 -when a Chinese citizen convicted in the 2003 killing of a family of four in Fukuoka was put to death-, and the first under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa said he gave the order to resume capital punishment.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 17:20 UTC

  Newly-appointed Japanese PM calls for elections Oct. 31

  

  Former Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was sworn in Monday as the country's 100th Prime Minister to succeed Yoshihide Suga. In his first relevant measure and after making up a cabinet of political veterans, he called for elections scheduled for Oct. 31 where he will seek support for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 12:53 UTC

  Japan has a new leader, Fumio Kishida who pledges a “new Japanese capitalism”

  

  Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday voted for Fumio Kishida as their new leader who on October 4, parliament will appoint him as the country's prime minister. Kishida will become Japan's 100th prime minister since the country adopted a Cabinet system in 1885 and succeeds Yoshihide Suga, who did not run for reelection as party leader.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguay expands meat sales business to Japan, South Korea

  

  Uruguayan meat sales to Japan have been growing at an increasingly faster pace, according to press reports. In 2019, trade was worth US $ 20 million; in 2020, US $ 24 million and so far in 2021, revenues in dollars have grown 72% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Montevideo Portal.

• Friday, July 9th 2021 - 07:33 UTC

  New state of emergency leaves Tokyo Games with no spectators

  

  Organizers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games which were postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday announced there will be no spectators allowed when competitions take place.

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 07:09 UTC

  Suez Canal blockage: Egypt and Japanese company reach a deal to release vessel

  

  Egyptian authorities and Japan's Shoei Kisen Kaisha finally reached an agreement on compensations for Suez canal lost revenues and the cost of salvaging a huge vessel that blocked the crucial waterway linking Asia with Europe.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Tokyo 2020 volunteers keep resigning as locals oppose Olympic Games going on amidst pandemic

  

  The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which had to be postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, have suffered yet another blow Thursday when some 10,000 of the 80,000 volunteers submitted their resignations citing health grounds.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 08:05 UTC

  Japan eases controls on Paraguayan shipments of chia thanks to flawless quality

  

  Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have announced that controls for the presence of aflatoxins in chia imported from Paraguay were to become less strict, in light of the improvement in the quality and safety now duly recorded.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Japanese doctors push for suspension of Tokyo 2020 Games

  

  Japanese doctors Tuesday called for the suspension of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games because the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country could get much worse.

• Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Japan detects a new coronavirus variant in travelers from Brazil's Amazon

  

  A new coronavirus variant has been detected in four travelers from Brazil's Amazonas state, Japan's Health Ministry said on Sunday the latest new mutation of the virus discovered.