NHK has learned that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is expected to pay the largest portion of additional costs for next year's Olympics and Paralympics.
The extra spending is due to be shared by the metropolitan government, the central government, and the Games' organizing committee.
WASHINGTON — Nissan's U.S. lending arm agreed on Tuesday to pay a $4 million U.S. fine to settle a government agency's allegation that it improperly repossessed hundreds of consumers' vehicles.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that between 2013 and 2019, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp (NMAC), a subsidiary of the Japanese automaker's North American unit, "wrongfully repossessed hundreds of consumers' vehicles despite the consumer having made payments" or taken other actions. Nissan must pay up to $1 million distributed to consumers subject to a wrongful repossession.
TOKYO — The financial misconduct trial of former Nissan executive Greg Kelly began Tuesday with Kelly saying he committed no crimes and was only trying to keep his star boss Carlos Ghosn from leaving.
The charges being heard at Tokyo District Court center on Kelly's alleged role in failing to report to Japanese authorities the future compensation of Ghosn, who led Nissan Motor Co. for two decades.
Japan's tax authorities have ordered Nissan Motor to pay additional taxes for failing to report income worth about 9.4 million dollars in the five years through March 2019.
Sources told NHK that the Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau has determined that the undeclared income was used to pay for a corporate jet used by former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn and his family. Nissan also covered the rental costs of Ghosn's condominiums in Tokyo and Paris, and paid fees for a fictitious consulting contract with Ghosn's sister.
Many people in Japan are mourning the death of former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.
Lee died of multiple organ failure last Thursday at the age of 97. He contributed to Taiwan's democratization. One of his biggest achievements was realizing the first direct vote to choose the territory's president.
Former US national security advisor John Bolton says he asked Japan last year, on behalf of President Donald Trump, to pay 8 billion dollars annually to host American troops.
The request was more than four times the amount Japan currently pays.
The Japanese Nursing Association has asked the government to pay special allowances to nurses for the risks they face in taking care of coronavirus patients.
The association sent a request letter to Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Kato Katsunobu on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has hinted that the government may shoulder the costs of chartered flights to bring back Japanese nationals from Wuhan. The Chinese city is at the center of the new coronavirus outbreak.
Abe made the suggestion at a Lower House budget committee meeting on Friday.
Some Japanese government officials are concerned that Washington may pressure Tokyo to pay significantly more for stationing US forces in Japan.
Bilateral negotiations on the cost will likely shift into high gear as early as this summer, with the current five-year agreement on the costs of supporting US forces due to expire in March 2021.