SaikoPhysco comments

Oh yeah.... lets be benevolent and let everyone fish in our waters...... that is total idiocy! You've got 1.4 Billion Chinese sitting just 150 kilometers across from you and you say.... "live and let live". No.... its protect what is yours so you can take care of your people. If Japan opened its waters to everybody.... there would be no fish in about 5 years.

It didn't come out of the blue.... it came because a recent marathon that was run in extreme heat turned into a medical disaster for all.

All too often the wrong people are being rewarded..... this guy got a Nobel doing what he loves. What about the people that are doing what they do not enjoy but doing it anyway for the good of others.

In the states.... you barely get any air time for this story. In Japan, all the Channels run the story.

I'm sure these kids are being "educated", they're just falling between the cracks when it comes to verifying it.

This is music to Military Arms Manufacturers ears..... bought and paid for by them in various forms.

So they're crying over a 2.5% tariff while U.S. Beef imports are tariffed at 26.6%. This is a demonstration in name only.... they are not really looking for any meaningful progress, they just want things to remain the same. It is good for appearances only.

Before this new "Deal" Japan imposed a 38.5% tariff on U.S. Beef, versus TPP members 26.6%. Japan will now lower tariffs on U.S. Beef to be in line with the TPP schedule. That is it.... no major leg up on the competition for the USA. Trump basically put the USA behind those that agreed to the deal two years ago.

It is the same "deal" as TPP.... Trump ended up getting Zero more than any other country that signed 2 years ago. Japan Won this Trade War.

There is no way this U.S. Pilot will be disciplined by any Japanese Authority. No one died and it was a U.S. asset that took the loss. They don't even have jurisdiction in this case.

"Unspecified New Method"... lets see, the USA will give N. Korea massive agricultural and monetary support in exchange for a complete stop in the development of Nukes. Meanwhile N. Korea will hide away their nukes and tout them at a later date in order to get more assistance.

Damn! $320 Million... the person had been continually hiding the losses since January. The heads of both Risk and Compliance in both Singapore and Japan should be fired. Mitsubishi Corp., also is the majority stakeholder in Lawson's Convenience stores, 32%.

Lets hope they start installing power lines, whenever possible, underground from now on. It will make neighborhoods look better and be more reliable.

Basically the USA will sign the same TPP agreement that everyone else was on board with two years ago. The U.S. may get to export some cars to Japan without stringent inspections but that is about it.

Of course they back it.... they also colluded with Nissan when Ghosn was arrested. So they have to try to go after Saikawa just to make things appear fair. Appearances are important in Japan.

American farmers are screwed if they think Trump will deliver in any meaningful way with Japan. When, when, in the last 50 years, or even more, have you ever seen Japan actually give any ground to foreign countries regarding food and agriculture? Especially it threatens current domestic agriculture.

The might join if Trump lets up on his trade demands though.

Tax evasion in Japan is a National Pastime.... it is bigger than Sumo, Soccer and Baseball put together. Why do think people cash is still used so much in Japan... so earnings won't have to be reported. All of those foreign cars you see... they buy those under a company name as a tax write off. But when a foreign company messes up a few numbers... its big news. Bunch of hypocrites.

@expat.... so you've read everything and no enlightenment? Let us start with the subject itself. "Abe pledges to boost Investment in Africa". expat.... what does that headline tell you? What did you expect us to add to that... especially anything with real insight. Me, because of the subject, I went cynical with a touch of the sarcastic. That you expected to gain knowledge off of this is amazing. Or did you just have nothing else to say and could only come up with that. And.... and.... amazingly enough someone even gave you a thumbs up. Another brain dead idiot. They say "great minds think alike", the reverse is often true.

As long as the Yen stays strong and nobody cares about Japan's massive National Debt., I say keep printing the money and spend it as you like. In addition to helping out foreign countries with investments and such, the Japanese Govt. should be buying massive amounts of natural resources and stockpiling them while the Yen is still strong. I wish I could just print up money and have it actually be worth something.

He'll probably boost Aid to Africa too.... all the corn he buys from the USA he'll donate to various African countries. Kill three birds with one stone. USA is happy, Japanese Farmers happy and African countries also happy. Win, win, win.

Looks like putting Solar Panels on my roof was a smart move.

People... don't fall for this headline.... the deal hasn't even been finalized. I'll bet it won't be finalized for at least 6 months to year too. And if for some reason it gets done.... Japan won't be on the losing side. Trump is between a rock and a hard place... he's the one that needs to get something done, not Abe.

No way Abe gave away too much.... I've been in Japan for 37 years and I've never seen any Japanese Government give in... especially when it comes to trade. If Abe bought certain farm food and such... it may never see a market in Japan. They'll just store it until it goes bad. They don't care if they lose money... as long as their exports continue they're good.

This concern is good. Without it these municipalities will not take steps to be prepared for eventual problems the will normally come. Especially translators when medical problems occur. Regular stuff... no big deal, but life and death situations, they need to be prepared. These Travel and Cruise companies need to help the municipalities in being prepared if they're going to unload a bunch of people speaking all sorts of languages.

Great... so they'll also give Shenzen the ability to rule Democratically and will face zero chance of being extradited to Communist China in the future. Sounds better to me.

And YoY next year, it will be down.

Ahhhh..... did you know that "shotgun wedding" actually was taken from Japan? Yes... its true... Katana Kekkon, existed well before shotgun.

And yet.... the Japanese farmers that are left still don't want do give up any market share to imports. The government needs to let imports do as they will but they need a backup plan too. Basically they need to identify agricultural land and ensure it is available when needed along with seed warehouses.

This is so stupid..... show me a flying car that has a range of 100 miles. Other companies out there are already vastly surpassing Japanese companies.