Telecommunications ministry officials further drove a former boss into the corner during Diet questioning on March 13 about a meeting that Sanae Takaichi reportedly attended but has vehemently denied.
The telecommunications minister is admitting that internal documents from when Shinzo Abe was prime minister, which show top officials leaning on ministry bureaucrats to change how broadcasters are assessed on political fairness, are, in fact, authentic.
Thanks to the soaring popularity of smartphone-based titles, Japan’s video game market is growing at a lightning speed, although concerns are rising about addictions and excessive payments to apps.
Japanese companies are starting to pay part of director compensation based on how well they are achieving social responsibility goals, such as reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promoting more women to managerial positions.
Telecom giant KDDI Corp.’s large-scale network failure is raising questions about what kind of backstops carriers should have in place if their systems should fail.