Are expressing their desire for freedom by expressing some extreme measures. Japanese people are living up to their reputation for longevity. Figures for last year show the women had the longest average life span in the world for the third year running. The men were not far behind with the third longest. Japanese government officials put the average female life span at 86. 83 years. They put the figure for men at 80. 5. On average, the women were living 0. 22 of a year longer. The increase for the men was 0. 29. The average life span for each gender is a japanese record. The women were followed by those in spain and france. The men came behind those in hong kong and iceland. A Japanese Health Ministry Official highlighted the role of medical advances. Translator japanese are living longer because its possible to prevent illnesses from leading to death. Officials say a growing number of elderly japanese are Health Conscious and trying to improve their diet. They say life spans could get
The business team. U. S. President donald trump claims that japan weakened their currencies to take advantage of the u. S. And boost exports at the top of trumps agenda as the task of cutting the u. S. Trade deficit he puts some of the blame on what he views as unfair practices by americas trading partners and he is vowing to do something about it. Every other country lives on devaluati devaluation. You look at what china is doing and japan done over the years they play the money market and devaluation market and we stand there like a bunch of dummies. The president has already attacked china repeatedly on the issue as many economists believe beijing intervened in the market in the past to keep their money low. Japans Prime Minister abe has dismissed trumps claim. Translator japans Monetary Policy is designed to aa 2 inflation taverting and its trusted to the bank of japan. The criticism that japan is guiding the yen lower is unfounded. Reporter abe said he will explain this, if necess
In south korea, mattis wants to reassure both countries that america will press ahead with an antimissile defense system. After visiting seoul, mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday. Mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday and will meet shinzo abe as well as the defense minister. Mattis will be the first member of trumps cabinet to visit. The japanese and american sides are expected to reaffirm a number of things, including that the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall within the scope of their security treaty. Japan controls the islands and the japanese government maintains the islands and are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Irans defense minister has admitted his country test fired a Ballistic Missile and he warns it wont allow foreigners to interfere in its security. Its a veiled message to the american president Whose Administration responded strongly. Translator we execute our plan to produce defensive equipment to defend our National Goals a
In south korea, mattis wants to reassure both countries that america will press ahead with an antimissile defense system. After visiting seoul, mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday. Mattis will arrive in tokyo on friday and will meet shinzo abe as well as the defense minister. Mattis will be the first member of trumps cabinet to visit. The japanese and american sides are expected to reaffirm a number of things, including that the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea fall within the scope of their security treaty. Japan controls the islands and the japanese government maintains the islands and are an inherent part of japans territory. China and taiwan claim them. Irans defense minister has admitted his country test fired a Ballistic Missile and he warns it wont allow foreigners to interfere in its security. Its a veiled message to the american president Whose Administration responded strongly. Translator we execute our plan to produce defensive equipment to defend our National Goals a
Treatment from the government. And taking a traditional taste to the world. One companys promoting an essential ingredient of japanese cuisine. But must overcome unique challenges in overseas markets. There was a large power outage in tokyo on wednesday afternoon. Tokyo electric Power Company said at one point about 350 households were affected. The utility says a fire broke out at one of its facilities near tokyo. An underground cable was damaged. Its investigating whether the fire caused the outage. No injuries were reported. About 200 Traffic Signals were not working and officers were deployed to direct traffic. Some people were trapped in elevators. Government offices in central tokyo were also affected. The Tokyo High Court an District Court were without power for about 30 minutes. Official s had to reschedule soe of the trials. Hanada was in a meeting. They looked surprised but continued talking. Former chinese soldiers have staged a protest in beijing. Many are unhappy with the