Japan News This Week 29 January 2017
Saturday, January 28, 2017
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Japanese Panel Signals Support for One-Time Law to Let Emperor Abdicate
New York Times
Japan gets first sumo champion in 19 years
BBC
US defence chief heads to Japan and South Korea to strengthen ties
Guardian
Foreign workers in Japan hit the 1 million mark for the first time last autumn: ministry
Japan Times
Ecology and Japanese History: Reactionary Environmentalism’s Troubled Relationship with the Past
Japan Focus
Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog
Statistics
The number of criminal offenses in Japan was 996,204 in 2016.
That is the first time since the end of World War II that the total has dipped below one million.
All 47 prefectures witnessed a decline in crime.
Theft, which accounts for 70% of all offenses, fell to 723,189 - down from a peak of 2.37 million.
Source: Jiji Press
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Japanese Panel Signals Support for One-Time Law to Let Emperor Abdicate
New York Times
Japan gets first sumo champion in 19 years
BBC
US defence chief heads to Japan and South Korea to strengthen ties
Guardian
Foreign workers in Japan hit the 1 million mark for the first time last autumn: ministry
Japan Times
Ecology and Japanese History: Reactionary Environmentalism’s Troubled Relationship with the Past
Japan Focus
Last Week's Japan News on the JapanVisitor blog
Statistics
The number of criminal offenses in Japan was 996,204 in 2016.
That is the first time since the end of World War II that the total has dipped below one million.
All 47 prefectures witnessed a decline in crime.
Theft, which accounts for 70% of all offenses, fell to 723,189 - down from a peak of 2.37 million.
Source: Jiji Press
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Inside Track Japan For Kindle