Through some difficult times of their own. Japans coast guard Officials Say a crackdown on suspected chinese coral poachers appears to be working. For two months, theyve been monitoring and warning crews off islands south of tokyo. Now they say the boats have all gone. Nhk worlds Keiko Yamamoto reports. Reporter coast guard officials stepped up night time patrols over the ogasawara islands, 1,000 kilometers south of tokyo. They were keeping track of chinese crews taking advantage of the darkness to enter japanese waters. The officials first noticed the boats in the middle of september. Then they saw a dramatic increase late last month of more than 200. Translator poachers clear out the coral completely leaving nothing behind. I dont know when well be able to harvest coral like we used to. Reporter the chinese crews are believed to be targeting coral varieties known as precious coral. Jewelry made from it fetches high prices in china. Fishermen there cannot harvest it because it is a pr
National. Tanigaki is replacing ishiba who wanted to stay in the post. He helped build consensus to enable japan to exercise its right to collective selfdefense. Ishiba is expected to take on a new cabinet portfolio dedicated to regional revitalization. The job of reconstruction minister will likely go to ataru takeshi da. Hes the younger brother of late Prime Minister noburu takes hid an. Abes planning to yung yuk yuko obuchi into the cabinet, too, she is the daughter of former Prime Minister kaez kaezo obuhi. The next internal affairs and Communications Affairs minister worked as the ldp policy chief to coordinate opinions within the party on key policies including raising the consumption tax. Shiozaki is the new wealth minister and served as chief cabinet secretary as abes first term in office in 2006 to 2007. The science and Technology Policy minister is expected to be shuichi yamaguchi. He worked as senior vice minister for internal affairs and as senior vice minister for finance.
Elections from local to national. Tanigaki is replacing ishiba who wanted to stay in the post. He helped build consensus to enable japan to exercise its right to collective selfdefense. Ishiba is expected to take on a new cabinet portfolio dedicated to regional revitalization. The job of reconstruction minister will likely go to ataru takeshi da. Hes the younger brother of late Prime Minister noburu takes hid an. Abes planning to yung yuk yuko obuchi into the cabinet, too, she is the daughter of former Prime Minister kaez kaezo obuhi. The next internal affairs and Communications Affairs minister worked as the ldp policy chief to coordinate opinions within the party on key policies including raising the consumption tax. Shiozaki is the new wealth minister and served as chief cabinet secretary as abes first term in office in 2006 to 2007. The science and Technology Policy minister is expected to be shuichi yamaguchi. He worked as senior vice minister for internal affairs and as senior vi
The Prime Minister of japan is shaking up his administration as he prepares to deal with a number of challenges down the road. Members of shinzo abes cabinet will resign in about an hour and the reshuffled lineup will be unveiled later in the day. It will include 12 ministers and more women. He is appointed outgoing Justice Minister, Sadakazu Tanigaki to the key post of secretary general. He will be responsible for managing funds and handling elections. Tanigaki replaces Shigeru Ishiba who wanted to stay in the job. Ishiba is expected to take on a new cabinet portfolio dedicated to regional revitalization. The post of reconstruction minister will likely go to wataru takeshita. He will be in charge of overseeing rebuilding efforts in areas hit by the 2011 disaster. Takeshita is the younger brother of a late Prime Minister. The new Justice Minister is expected to be. Abe is planning to bring yuko obuchi into the cabinet. She is a daughter of a former Prime Minister. She will likely take