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wages, but the pace was slower than market expectations. consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of gdp, rose 2.5%. corporate investment on equipment was also up 2.4% and housing construction gained 10.2%. but exports shrank 4.3%. its first contraction in three quarters. for the 2016 calendar year, the economy grew 1.6%. that s down from 2.6% in 2015. president donald trump says his administration will try to achieve 4% annual growth through tax cuts, deregulation and infrastructure spending. russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president trump are expected to hold their first talks by telephone on saturday. putin told reporters last week he will congratulate trump on his inauguration. he added they may discuss when to have their first meeting face to face. u.s. and russian talks deteriorated after u.s. president barack obama imposed sanctions against the country over the situation in ukraine. but trump is showing his willingness to cooperate with putin o ....
wages, but the pace was slower than market expectations. consumer spending, which accounts for about 70% of gdp, rose 2.5%. corporate investment on equipment was also up 2.4% and housing construction gained 10.2%. but exports shrank 4.3%. its first contraction in three quarters. for the 2016 calendar year, the economy grew 1.6%. that s down from 2.6% in 2015. president donald trump says his administration will try to achieve 4% annual growth through infrastructure spending. russian president vladimir putin and u.s. president trump are expected to hold their first talks by telephone on saturday. putin told reporters last week he will congratulate trump on his inauguration. he added they may discuss when to have their first meeting face to face. u.s. and russian talks deteriorated after u.s. president barack obama imposed sanctions against the country over the situation in ukraine. but trump is showing his willingness to cooperate with putin on military operations again ....
about crimes committed by base personnel. more than 70% of u.s. military facilities in japan are in the okinawa prefecture. translator: this is unforgivable. i am lost for words. translator: incidents like this will happen as long as we have the bases. japan s prime minister voiced his anger. translator: i demand that the u.s. respond in a strict manner to absolutely make sure similar incidents do not happen again. officials say the prime minister plans to discuss the matter with the governor of okinawa who will visit tokyo on monday. the head of the u.s. forces in okinawa visited the local government to apologize. lawrence nicholson said that, even though the suspect is not an employee of the u.s. he takes responsibility. we will continue to work to ensure that all americans, military and civilian, behave themselves and live in accordance with the laws of japan while they are here in okinawa. okinawa governor said the incident is intolerable. he said it s ....
personnel and civilian employees. it involves the arrest of a former marine at a u.s. air base in the southern prefecture of okinawa. he s being connected with the disappearance of a woman who was later found dead. now people in okinawa are outraged. they say a bilateral agreement on the status of american military personnel called sofa, grants unfair privileges, and they re demanding concrete measures from both the u.s. and japanese governments. and nhk world s moshe kamota reports. reporter: they arrested an american civilian working at the u.s. base. they says kenneth franklin admitted to strangling and stabbing a japanese woman who went missing in april. on tuesday assembly members unanimously passed a resolution pressing both governments to ensure that the u.s. tightens discipline, and also a revision of sofa. several other local assemblies approved several other resolutions. the status of the agreement stipulates the procedures for washington and tokyo when u.s. ....
personnel and civilian employees. it involves the arrest of a former marine at a u.s. air base in the southern prefecture of okinawa. he s being connected with the disappearance of a woman who was later found dead. now people in okinawa are outraged. they say a bilateral agreement on the status of american military personnel called sofa, grants unfair privileges, and they re demanding concrete measures from both the u.s. and japanese governments. and nhk world s moshe kamota reports. reporter: they arrested an american civilian working at the u.s. base. they says kenneth franklin admitted to strangling and stabbing a japanese woman who went missing in april. on tuesday assembly members unanimously passed a resolution pressing both governments to ensure that the u.s. tightens discipline, and also a revision of sofa. several other local assemblies approved several other resolutions. the status of the agreement stipulates the procedures for washington and tokyo when u.s. ....