主な出来事 12月20日-12月26日
Politics
Regarding fiscal 2016 medical fee revision, the government decided to reduce overall 0.84 percent. It is the first minus revision in the past 8 years.
Democratic, communist, the Meiji Restoration, Social Democratic parties announced to recruit the independent candidate for Kumamoto constituency at the House of Councilors election next summer. This would virtually be the first determination of opposition unity candidate by the cooperation of main opposition parties.
Regarding Henoko relocation plan of Futenma US military base,Okinawa Prefecture sued country to Naha District Court. Country side has already filed a lawsuit against Okinawa prefecture.
Business
Toshiba, who is in restructuring due to the accounting fraud, has announced the restructuring plan. In conjunction with the semiconductor business, they will reduce 10,600 employees in total.
Kirin Holdings significantly revised the consolidated earnings forecast for the December 2015 period downward and announced that they expected the deficit of 56 billion yen. It would be the first deficit since its IPO in 1949.
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the country has registered 7 products such as Yubari King for geographical indications protection system to protect as a regional brand.
Government Cabinet approved the draft budget in fiscal 2016. Total expenditures of general accounting would be a record high of 96 trillion 721.8 billion yen.
World
Large-scale landslide occurred in the industrial park of China Guangdong Shenzhen Guangming New District, and 33 buildings have collapsed. Land and Resources Ministry published the results of surveys that construction surplus soil was destroyed because it was piled up at a steep angle.
At Spain House of Representatives election, emerging force of radical leftist, Bodemosu, was breakthrough in the third party.
Regarding the lawsuit that Japan-South Korea claims agreement that had been entered during Japan-Korea diplomatic normalization in 1965 is in violation of the Korean Constitution, South Korea Constitutional Court has rejected the appeal of the plaintiff.
Iraqi government forces launched a military operation to recapture Ramadi from Islamic countries.
Japan
Fukuoka University revealed that a man of 20s who was drinking caffeinated soft drink called energy drink on a daily basis died of caffeine addiction in Kyushu last year.
Regarding the trial that five bereaved families had been seeking damages for Chuo Sasago tunnel accidents in 2012, Yokohama District Court admitted the negligence of the company and ordered a compensation of 440 million yen.
Regarding the University prospective students academic evaluation test that will be held in fiscal 2020, Expert meeting of the Ministry of Education showed a draft that descriptive test will be introduced from the national language and mathematics.
Fukui District Court canceled the temporary injunction decision that enjoined the re-run of Units 3 and 4 of Takahama Nuclear Power Plant of Kansai Electric.
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