TOKYO Japan decided Tuesday to extend a Self-Defense Forces mission participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in southern Syria for another six months until March 31, 2009, government officials said.
TOKYO The government endorsed a set of emergency measures Tuesday to enhance the social security system, including measures to financially support doctors working in rural areas as well as to promote employment of elderly people who want to work.
JAPAN'S unemployment rate came close to a two-year high in June while consumer spending declined. The jobless rate hit 4.1 per cent in June, the highest since September 2006, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reported today.
LOS ANGELES A U.S. Army officer hailing from Japan pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to export firearms parts to Japan without permission as he stood trial at a federal court in Seattle.
Japan's economy showed more signs of deterioration as government data revealed Tuesday that the unemployment rate inched up and consumers tightened their purse strings amid rising food and oil prices. Job hunters at a job hunting meet.
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