New government data show that the average number of children born to a Japanese woman has increased to a value of 1.41 in the last year.
The growth observed among women between the ages of thirty to forty years, but remains at a low level among twentysomethings.
Economists believe the cause of low birth rates in Japan increase in the number of young people twenty years of age, who can not raise a family because of economic problems.
China's government announced a new policy aimed at attracting foreign investment ahead of the meeting President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama, to be held later this week.
Representative of the Ministry of Commerce of China Huang Feng introduced a measure of the policy at a press conference on Tuesday.
These new measures include legal and regulatory reforms on investment. The new rules are designed to boost profits and expand business opportunities for foreign companies.
High-ranking representatives of the Japan Self-Defense Forces were sent to Asian countries for the mutual exchange in the field of defense. The Japanese government's efforts in this direction are likely directed against the growing naval operations in China.
As it became known to NHK, since the beginning of this year, the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has sent high-level representatives of the SDF in 9 countries in Asia and Australia. Among the Asian countries are Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Pakistan.
According to a representative of the Ministry of Defense o
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Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors withdraws from the market more than 4,000 of its vehicles with hybrid power plant due to a malfunction detected in lithium-ion batteries.
The company announced the recall of its motor companies Ministry of Transport of Japan on Tuesday.
The company Mitsubishi Motors reports that review extends to more than 4,300 car models Outlander-PHEV and a number of other models with a hybrid, the battery can be recharged in a domestic environment.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will take a final decision on the planned increase of the consumption tax in October of this year.
Abe said this at a meeting of the Committee of the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament on Tuesday.
Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan reiterated that the Japanese government would never negotiate with China to postpone a decision on the territorial dispute over the Senkaku group in the East China Sea.
Japan controls the islands, they claim, China and Taiwan.
Esihide Suga said this after Monday, one of his predecessors - Hiromu Nonaka - said in Beijing that Japan and China have agreed on the normalization of relations in 1972, set aside the decision of the dispute about the Senkaku Islands.
South Korea's new ambassador to Japan has pledged to improve bilateral relations, which have deteriorated due to the differences in the interpretation of certain historical events.
Lee Byung Ki arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday.
The ambassador told reporters that he is committed to the exchange of views with the people of Japan to convey their heartfelt wishes and thoughts to the citizens of South Korea, and vice versa.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called on business leaders in the country to cooperate with the government to achieve economic growth.
The Prime Minister said this in his speech at the general meeting of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren.
Abe said that the government's strategy for growth is in the final stages of development. He said that the biggest difference from its previous plans to achieve growth is its incarnation.
