主な出来事 7月19日-7月25日
Politics
The government has set up a Ministerial meeting to review the development plan of the new National Stadium.
As China is unilaterally promoting new gas field development in the East China Sea despite the agreement of joint development in Japan and China, the government published photos of the excavation-related facilities.
The Public Offices Election Law amendment is passed for the correcting disparities of one vote of House of Councillors election. Subject to the above amendment, Tottori-Shimane Prefecture and Tokushima-Kochi Prefecture have become one electoral district.
Business
Relates to accounting fraud issue, Toshiba has announced the resignation of the past three president experienced persons.
Greek Parliament has passed the second round of the bill demanded by EU as a condition of financial assistance.
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance has announced the acquisition of the US mid-sized life insurance. Total purchase price was 624.6 billion yen, which was the largest ever in the acquisition of foreign companies.
Government approved the budget request criteria for the fiscal 2016 budget.
World
Central Committee for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China has announced that it has deprived the party membership of 令計画 who was the secretary of 胡錦涛, former general secretary. He is suspected to have received a huge amount of bribes and illegally obtained sensitive information of the party and the state.
The United States and Cuba have restored diplomatic relations and resumed embassy in both capitals.
The South Korean government has announced that due to the spread of corona virus, foreign tourists from June to the mid-July had reduced 930 000 people in the same period of last year and that tourism revenue had decreased by about 140 billion yen.
Japan
In Nishi-Izu city of Shizuoka Prefecture, some families playing in the river were suffered from electric shock near the electric fence. Two men died and five people were injured.
It was reported that the result of the questionnaire by Health, Labour and Welfare Committee to five thousand people who experienced hospitalization or hospital visits within the past six months about the obligation of the medical institution for the medical records disclosure, more than 40% don’t know about it.
Rocket launch carrying the Soyuz spacecraft that 3 people including Mr.Yui are to board was successful, and they arrived at the International Space Station after about 6 hours.
Special Natural Monument of the country, three stork chicks have been released from breeding facility.
