Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he believed U. S. President Donald Trump understood the value of free trade and that he would keep pitching a multinational trade pact that Trump’s administration has vowed to exit. “I believe President Trump understands the importance of free and fair trade, so I’d like to pursue … Read more
The Japanese government defended Toyota Motor Corp (7203. T) on Friday as an “important corporate citizen” of the United States, after President-elect Donald Trump singled out the automaker and threatened to slap punitive tariffs on its Mexico-built cars. Trump has repeatedly hit out at U.S. companies for using lower-cost factories abroad at the expense of … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday stopped at several memorials in Hawaii, one day before he will visit the site of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor during a trip intended to show a strong alliance between his country and the United States. Abe made no public remarks and stood in silence before a … Read more
The US military will hand over 9,909 acres (4,000 hectares) of Okinawan land to Japan on Thursday in what’s been lauded as the largest return of US-occupied land since 1972. But there’s a catch. As part of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the two countries, the United States is granted the right … Read more
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has said over 11,000 micro and small scale businesses and individuals have benefitted from skill training workshops, business management trainings, market linkages, business advisory services as well as the Kaizen Project in the Ashanti Region. According to the NBSSI, these achievements were chalked despite some persistent challenges … Read more
The Japanese government will fund the construction a new bridge over the Volta River on the Eastern Corridor Road Development Project. This follows the signing of a loan agreement amounting to 11.239 billion Yen (about $100 million) between Ghana and that country under the Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA, popularly referred to as the Yen … Read more
The US military this month will return to Japan’s government more than 9,800 acres of land it has held since World War II, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said Tuesday. The 9,852 acres of land on the island of Okinawa, part of a territory officially referred to as the Northern Training Area, is in a … Read more
The Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Project for Sustainable Development of Rainfed Lowland Rice Production has led to a boost in rice production in the Northern Region. Mr William Boakye-Akyeampong, the Northern Regional Director of Agriculture, said comparisons between Project Farmers and Non-Project Farmers confirms the effectiveness of the project. He said while project farmers … Read more
New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong says President John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot claim credit for the construction of Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS). Finance Minister, Seth Terkper while delivering the government’s financial statement for the year 2014 in Parliament on 19th … Read more
The Bank of Japan said Wednesday that it’s introducing a new long-term interest rate target of around zero. The bank has already gone to extreme lengths in its attempts to stimulate the country’s stagnating economy in recent years, gobbling huge amounts of Japanese government bonds and taking a key interest rate into negative territory. But … Read more
President John Mahama is making a strong case for trade and investments from the country’s development partners rather than just aid. According to the President, looking at the current challenges facing Ghana, bringing in the required capital to support businesses and the economy should be seen as the best way out. President Mahama disclosed this … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has indicated that he has done his best for the country by executing numerous infrastructure projects. “When former President John Agyekum Kufuor assumed office, he continued from where Jerry Rawlings left off and the late Atta Mills also came to do his part and I also came to continue. I will … Read more