主な出来事 9月27日-10月3日
Politics
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and agreed to continue the dialogue between the leaders to advance the Northern Territories issue.
Foreign Minister, Kishida met with the United States Defense Secretary, Carter and signed the environment supplemental agreement about the research in the US bases in Japan, which entered into force the same day.
The government has issued a security related bills, which is supposed to come into force within six months.
Osaka mayor, Hashimoto and the governor of Osaka, Matsui expressed to form the Osaka Restoration Association.
Business
Regarding the exhaust gas regulations fled problem of car diesel engine, German car company, Volkswagen showed their policy virtually to conduct recall.
Non-Life Insurance Rating institute announced that they reported to the Financial Services Agency to raise the standard rates of residential earthquake insurance premiums by 5.1% in national average.
Regarding the litigation problem with South Korean steel giant, POSCO, Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metals has announced that a settlement has been settled with 30 billion yen paid by POSCO.
Bank of Japan announced the company short-term Economic Survey in September that the diffusion index of large manufacturers has declined by 3 point and deteriorated for the first time in the past three quarters.
World
Two independent advocate forces won the majority in Catalonia Autonomous State Assembly election in Spain.
Armed forces Taliban invaded Kunduz of northern Afghanistan and conquered most of the city. US forces were bombing the Taliban bases.
President Obama and President Putin are in conflict about the treatment of the Assad regime in Syria. Russia launched air strikes to the Islamic countries in Syria. Syrian dissidents announced that civilian 36 people were killed. The United States and Russia agreed to consult between the military authorities in order to prevent further collision.
Continuous bombing occurs around 10 places in Liuzhou city in southern China, and 7 people died.
Japan
Regarding the Schindler manufactured elevator death accident happened in 2006, a man of Schindler Inc. judged innocent, and the three people from maintenance management company were convicted.
In bypass donation incident over the Japan Dental Association Federation, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office arrested three people of former chairmen of the Japan Dental Association Federation.
Medical accident investigation system has been started. It obliges 180 000 medical institutions of the country to submit the notification of the unexpected death matter and explanation to the bereaved family.
Fukushima prefectural police sent the papers of TEPCO and the previous and the current 32 officers pertaining to the case of contaminated water flowing out into the sea to the public prosecutor’s office.
