Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn and his close aide Greg Kelly could be released on bail in Tokyo as soon as Friday.
The Japanese government has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling.
Former workers and their families in South Korea are suing their own government over compensation for wartime labor in Japan.
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Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn and his close aide Greg Kelly could be released on bail as soon as Friday.
The Tokyo District Court has turned down prosecutors' request for an extension of their detention beyond Thursday.
If the two men's lawyers request bail and it's approved, they could be let out of the Tokyo Detention House soon.
The two former Nissan executives have remained in custody since being arrested on November 19th. They allegedly understated Ghosn's executive compensation in Nissan's securities reports over a five-year period up to fiscal 2014.
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office indicted Ghosn and Kelly on December 10th on charges of violating the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
On the same day, prosecutors served additional arrest warrants on the two. They say the pair also underreported Ghosn's remunerations over a three-year period up to fiscal 2017.
The two former executives have reportedly denied any wrongdoing, saying the post-retirement payment for Ghosn had not been officially decided.
It's extremely rare for a court to reject an extension request by a special investigation squad. Prosecutors are expected to file additional charges sooner than planned.
The two men's prolonged detention, including the extension with fresh arrest warrants, has drawn criticism, especially from overseas media.
Key words : carlos no longer
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Carlos Ghosn is no longer Nissan Motor's chairman, but he is still in a position to take part in the firm's business as a director. Nissan also apparently wants to dismiss Ghosn from the board.
The company will have to hold a shareholders' general meeting to win approval for the decision.
Nissan's in-house investigation has been looking into alleged wrongdoing by Ghosn. They have reportedly found that the former chairman spent the firm's funds on private purposes, including purchasing luxurious houses overseas through a Nissan subsidiary in the Netherlands.
Nissan is considering publicizing the results of its in-house investigation.
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The Japanese government has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling. It cites the recovery of some whale species as a reason.
The government conveyed its decision on Thursday to lawmakers of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Some ruling coalition lawmakers have been saying that Japan would not be able to resume commercial whaling as long it remains a member of the IWC.
In 1982, the IWC introduced a moratorium on all commercial whaling. Japan suspended catching whales for commercial purposes in 1988. It then began research whaling to study whale resources.
In recent years, Japan has been proposing a resumption of commercial whaling, claiming that the numbers of some species are recovering. But these attempts were blocked by anti-whaling nations.
The government is believed to be making preparations for commercial whaling to be restarted in Japan's nearby waters and exclusive economic zones.
Anti-whaling nations are expected to react sharply, which could strain Japan's international ties.
LDP lawmakers say that to avoid such a development, they are considering sending some lawmakers to the relevant countries to seek their understanding.
Two countries including Canada and Iceland withdrew from the international commission. Canada left the commission in 1982. Iceland rejoined in 2003 after it pulled out in 1992.
Key words : former workers and
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Former workers and their families in South Korea are suing their own government over compensation for wartime labor in Japan. There are about 1,100 plaintiffs in total.
Most of them claim they were forced to work at Japanese companies during World War Two.
Some others say they were forced to serve under the Imperial Japanese military. They insist South Korean government should fully compensate them for their services. They are demanding about 88 thousand dollars each.
South Korea accepted economic assistance worth 500 million dollars after it normalized ties with Japan in 1965.
The Japanese government maintains the issue of the right to compensation claims has been settled finally and completely.
Seoul spent most of the money investing in infrastructure, including highways and steel mills. The government distributed some of the fund to former workers. But the plaintiffs say it wasn't enough.
This is the fourth time a similar lawsuit has been filed against the South Korean government for wartime labor.
South Korea's courts have recently ordered some Japanese companies to compensate citizens for their wartime labor.
Similar other lawsuits are working their way through the courts.
Key words : Tokyo stock tumbled
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Tokyo stocks tumbled on Thursday, following a plunge in New York. The benchmark Nikkei Average briefly fell more than 700 points and sank to a fresh low for the year.
The index ended the day at 20,392. That was down 595 points, or 2.8 percent, from Wednesday. It was the lowest close since September 2017.
Analysts say many investors grew cautious over the global economic outlook after the US Federal Reserve's policy decision on Wednesday.
Fed policymakers raised the key interest rate and indicated two more hikes in 2019. The central bank's earlier projection was for three increases.
Key words : researcher Keio
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Researchers at Japan's Keio University have applied to the government for permission to run clinical trials using induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to treat patients with spinal cord injuries.
About 5,000 people are said to lose limb mobility each year due to spinal injuries. Currently, there is no effective cure.
A team led by Keio University professors Hideyuki Okano and Masaya Nakamura plans to conduct the world's first clinical tests that involve transplanting about two million cells derived from human iPS cells into patients with spinal cord injuries.
iPS cells can be used to create cells that replicate any type of body tissue.
The team aims to have the transplanted cells develop into neurons that will transmit signals from the brain to restore movement to the patients' arms and legs.
The government will review the validity and safety of the plan. If the project is approved, the team hopes to begin the transplants as early as next year.
In Japan, regenerative medicine using iPS cells is being tested by scientists at the Riken research institute in Kobe on patients with serious eye disease.
A group at Kyoto University is working with patients who have Parkinson's disease.
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Shinto priests performed a yearend cleaning ritual on Thursday at the Nikko Toshogu Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site, north of Tokyo.
The priests and shrine maidens wearing traditional costumes used 4-meter-long bamboo brooms to remove the dust from Edo-period sculptures that mostly date from the 17th century. The shrine honors Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Tourists watched them carefully cleaning two national treasures, the Yomei-mon gate and the Kara-mon gate, to avoid damaging the gold foil on the structures.
A visitor from Chiba Prefecture said she was lucky to see the ritual as she didn't know it had been scheduled for Thursday.
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Japan's government has confirmed a plan to ban drone flights around venues of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, citing the possibility of terror attacks.
The government compiled the plan at a meeting of related ministries and agencies on Thursday.
It says the ban will basically cover major airports as well.
Police would be authorized to confiscate drones flown without permission.
The government plans to submit necessary legislation to the Diet next year.
Key words : Honda
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The first domestic delivery has been made of Japan's compact business plane, the HondaJet.
An official from the Ministry of Transport handed a certificate of airworthiness to Honda Aircraft's president and CEO, Michimasa Fujino, at a ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday.
The document confirms that the aircraft has passed Japanese safety standards. Fujino is the engineer behind the aircraft.
The HondaJet is a seven-seater plane with its engines fixed on top of the wings for better fuel efficiency.
It first went on sale in the US three years ago and is now being sold in 67 countries around the world.
The price tag for the aircraft is just over 5 million dollars.
Company officials say they have orders for more than 10 HondaJets in Japan.
Key words : Amuro
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Japanese pop diva Namie Amuro has topped the list of CD and DVD sales in Japan this year.
Music industry information company Oricon released the sales rankings from December last year through the middle of this month.
Amuro, who retired in September, sold a total of about 169 million dollars in CDs and DVDs.
Her live tour DVDs and Blu-ray discs released in August sold 1.75 million copies and became the first music video software to surpass one million.
Amuro also topped the list of best-selling albums with her album "Finally," which sold 630,000 copies.
She became the first artist in 43 years to top the list two years in a row with the same album.
The best-selling single CD was "Teacher Teacher" by the girls' group AKB48. It sold 1.81 million copies. The group broke its own record by topping the list for the ninth consecutive year.
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