主な出来事 8月17日-8月22日
Politics
Former Minister of the Self-Defense Forces Mr. Nakatani admitted that he did not understand that the Self-Defense Forces had created the internal document assuming the establishment of the security-related bills about three months until he was pursued in the Diet.
A member of the House of Representatives of the Liberal Democratic Party, Mr.Muto has submitted a defections note to the party because of the weekly magazine reports that he was in trouble with his acquaintance about the return of capital that he had received for unlisted stocks.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare revised the operational rules of scholarship that the cram expenses were not deducted for high school students of welfare households.
Regarding the outflow of 1.25 million personal information by Japan pension organization, the third-party verification committee submitted a report that criticized the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its ad hoc correspondences.
Business
The Cabinet Office announced that GDP preliminary figures of April - June quarter decreased by 0.4% in real terms year on year and 1.6% in annualized, which were negative growth in the past three quarters.
Due to the influence of the accounting fraud issue, Toshiba’s net income or loss of the March 2015 period consolidated financial statements forecasted to fall into deficit.
The government sued South Korea to WTO that it is unfair that South Korea regulates the import of marine products from Japan because of the first nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima.
Due to uncertainty of Chinese economy, Tokyo stock market price fell below ¥ 20,000, which recorded the second biggest decrease this year.
World
There was a bomb attack in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. more than 20 people were killed and more than 120 people were injured.
Greek prime minister, Mr. Chipurasu submitted his resignation to the President and requested to implement the elections as early as possible.
North Korean troops fired several rounds shells to the forest near the border with South Korea. Korean army returned hundreds of shots.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev visited Etorofu island, which made it difficult for President Vladimir Putin visit Japan later this year.
Japan
Passenger cars plunged into building near JR Ikebukuro Station and five people were dead or injured..
According to the survey aggregated for 42 years up to 2013 by the Cabinet Office, the September 1 is the worst as the suicide day for under the age of 18 children.
As for the incident that the dead first grade junior high school girl was found in the parking lot in Takatsuki, Osaka, Takatsuki Police station arrested the 45-year-old man. Boy's body who had been with the girl was also discovered.
One year has passed since 75 people were died from the landslide of the debris flow caused by heavy rains hit Hiroshima, and the memorial service was held in the affected areas.
