Territorial waters. New connections. A growing number of Japanese Companies are tapping into a talented pool of homemakers to get the job done. And counting down to rio, the organizers of this summers olympics have unveiled the medals that will be up for grabs. The embattled governor of tokyo is set to leave his post next week. He submitted his Resignation Letter wednesday morning. The news comes after weeks of allegations that Yoichi Masuzoe misused political funds for private purposes. Masuzoe is expected to speak to the metropolitan assembly to explain his decision. Most of the assemblys factions including the ruling parties had been planning to submit a no confidence motion against him. Earlier in the week he was in the hot seat when he faced questioning from the legislators about the scandal. They wanted details about the allegations, but in many cases masuzoe refused to elaborate. Metropolitan Officials Say masuzoe will get a retirement package of over 200,000. Yoichi masuzoe bec
Australia want the period shorter. Japanese government sources say the americans are now offering to agree on ten years or less. U. S. President barack obama and australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke on the phone. They reaffirmed their commitment to concluding the talks soon. Still, some negotiators say they cant make progress unless the u. S. Makes more concessions. Japanese negotiators are trying to keep the talks moving in another area. Nhk has learned theyre offering a concession over import tariffs on automobiles. Countries can only make car imports tarifffree if a certain proportion of parts come from nations in the tpp. Mexico and canada want that proportion relatively high. Theyre already committed to 70 in their free trade deal with the United States. The japanese want the proportion much lower. Their countrys automakers use a lot of parts from nontpp countries such as thailand. Japanese negotiators have been pushing for 40 . Sources say theyre now suggesting 55. Em
Joined the group in syria. He says if the militants succeed, they will return back home. Early on wednesday, russias Upper Chamber of parliament authorized putin to deploy troops. Ash carter expressed concern that russia may attack other forces. It does appear that there were probably not isil forces. Carter says the u. S. Will start talks with russia to prevent unintended clashes between their militaries. Minstorm ministers resumed negotiations wrapping up first day of talks in about 40 minutes and agreed to a broad agreement boo iholding negotiations on points of contention between individual countries. We are making progress but not enough to close it anytime soon. The ministers are meeting for the First Time Since july. They are trying to overcome disfreedi disagreements on a variety of issues including patent protections for drugs and tariffs for drug products and auto parts. Japans top negotiator called on members to resolve all pending issues and hammer out a deal. He said the n
Australia want the period shorter. Japanese government sources say the americans are now offering to agree on ten years or less. U. S. President barack obama and australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull spoke on the phone. They reaffirmed their commitment to concluding the talks soon. Still, some negotiators say they cant make progress unless the u. S. Makes more concessions. Japanese negotiators are trying to keep the talks moving in another area. Nhk has learned theyre offering a concession over import tariffs on automobiles. Countries can only make car imports tarifffree if a certain proportion of parts come from nations in the tpp. Mexico and canada want that proportion relatively high. Theyre already committed to 70 in their free trade deal with the United States. The japanese want the proportion much lower. Their countrys automakers use a lot of parts from nontpp countries such as thailand. Japanese negotiators have been pushing for 40 . Sources say theyre now suggesting 55. Em
Home. Early on wednesday, russias Upper Chamber of parliament authorized putin to deploy troops. Ash carter expressed concern that russia may attack other forces. It does appear that there were probably not isil forces. Carter says the u. S. Will start talks with russia to prevent unintended clashes between their militaries. Minstorm ministers resumed negotiations wrapping up first day of talks in about 40 minutes and agreed to a broad agreement boo iholding negotiations on points of contention between individual countries. We are making progress but not enough to close it anytime soon. The ministers are meeting for the First Time Since july. They are trying to overcome disfreedi disagreements on a variety of issues including patent protections for drugs and tariffs for drug products and auto parts. Japans top negotiator called on members to resolve all pending issues and hammer out a deal. He said the negotiations could go adrift if they are not concluded this time. Translator the cou