主な出来事 8月23日-8月29日
Politics
Top adviser of the Resolution party, Mr. Hashimoto defected and expressed to build a new party because of the confrontation how to get along with the Abe administration.
Government held the relationship ministerial meeting of the new National Stadium and decided the new development plan that the upper limit of the construction cost would be within 155 billion yen.
Regarding the presidential election of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Abe seems to be re-elected without a contest.
Mr.Suga, the Chief Cabinet Secretary and Mr. Onaga, the Governor of Okinawa prefecture held the fourth intensive consultations, but each claims remained parallel.
Business
Spreading upset over world markets triggered by the China, the Tokyo stock market recorded the price decrease by 895 yen. European markets were also significantly declined. While the crude oil prices were also declined, Japanese Yen had been surged.
People's Bank of China has announced an emergent additional rate cut by 0.25%. They also decided to lower deposit reserve ratio at the same time for extraordinary additional monetary ease.
The reforms of Agricultural Cooperative Law for Japan Agriculture that contain the institutionalization of the organization and the mandatory audit by certified public accountants have been passed in the House of Councillors plenary session
Consumer price index in July (excluding fresh food product) was flat at 103.4% year-on-year and the increase that had been lasted since June 2013 was stopped at 25th month.
World
Islamic countries blew up the Syrian Central Site of Palmyra, a world cultural heritage of UNESCO.
The senior officials consultation was held between South Korea and North Korea. South Korea agreed with six items such as publicity blackout, and North Korea agreed to release the paramilitary combat state at the front zone.
Female reporter and a camera clew of the TV station had been shot dead during the live program in Virginia, the southern part of the U.S. Offender was a former reporter of the same TV station and committed suicide with a gun during his fleeing.
South Korea presidential office announced that President Park will participate in the military parade that will be carried out in accordance with the anti-Japanese war victory celebration held on September 3 in Beijing.
Japan
One warehouse was burned down with explosion at US Army facilities in Sagamihara. US forces commented that the digestives and the oxygen cylinders stored in the warehouse had exploded by fire.
Japan's unmanned supply machine "Stork" Unit 5 has arrived at the International Space Station.
Typhoon No.15 landed in Kumamoto prefecture and ran longitudinally in the northern part of Kyushu, which brought heavy rain and storm over wide range from Kyushu to Tokai region.
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry announced the results of the national achievement test that was carried out in April. The average percentage of correct answers in science among each prefecture was improved.
