Spirit of halloween takes hold. Bank of japan policymakers announced theyre going to crank up their monetary Stimulus Program in a bid to hit their inflation target of 2 . Its the first time boj officials have expanded their stimulus since they launched in the april of last year. They say theyre worried they wont be able to reverse japans deflationary mindset unless they take action. The policymakers voted in favor of the move 54 at a board meeting. They say theyll ramp up their purchase of japanese government bonds. They want to expand the Monetary Base at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen, roughly 730 billion. Thats an increase of 10 to 20 trillion yen on the previous level they targeted. They also plan to triple the purchase of exchangetraded funds in japanese Real Estate Investment trusts. The policymakers also released their latest outlook for the economy and commodity prices. They lowered their growth forecast for this fiscal year by 0. 5 . They said a decline in personal s
Suggest proeuropean parties will dominate ukraines parliament, but separatists are set to hold their own election. Japanese and north korean officials have met facetoface in pyongyang for the first time in a decade. Theyve discussed an issue thats been an obstacle in improving ties between the two nations. The delegation from tokyo want to assess the progress of an investigation into the fate of missing and abducted japanese nationals. The north Korean Special Investigation Committee is headed by so tae ha. He greeted the japanese delegation in front of a government building in central pyongyang. Eight north korean members, including the chief of a panel for abducted japanese, had attended the meeting. Three other independent panel chiefs are also there. Translator i welcome director ihara, and all of you. I know there are different opinions in your country about this visit. But i think its a good step forward. I see the visit as representing japans will to pursue the agreement made be
Quarantined. Well show you how some seniors at a japanese Daycare Center are maintaining their fitness while on the job. Japanese government officials have begun talks with a special Investigation Committee in pyongyang and they are meeting face to face with the top officials from north korea. Theyre getting an update on the ongoing probe into the fate of missing japanese nationals including abductees. Junichi ihara, head of the Foreign Ministers asian and Foreign Affairs bureau is leading the 12member committee. They are meeting with so tae ha and other members of his team. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. The talks got underway at 9 30 a. M. Local time. Iharas stressed the japanese governments stance that the government places a top priority on resolving the abduction issue. They will continue talks for two days and ask questions on how the north is carrying out its probe. Relatives of the abductees opposed sending a delegation to north korea but its the government says it is important
How to best respond when emergency strikes. A delegation from japan has resumed talks with north korean officials on wednesday to press for answers. Theyre in pyongyang for two days of meetings with a special Investigation Committee looking into the fate of missing and abducted japanese nationals. The chief of the foreign ministrys asian and Oceanian Affairs bureau, Junichi Ihara met on tuesday with north Korean Committee chair, so tae ha during the first day of talking. The japanese delegation also spoke with seven other officials including the heads of four investigation panels. They also heard the explanation from the north about the current status of their probe on the missing and abducted for three hours. And ihara says he reminded them that resolving the abduction issue is japans top priority. Translator we urge the north korean officials to speed up their investigation. And report the results as soon as possible. The north korean side explained the structure of the committee. An
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