Gov't to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang schools

Gov't to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang schools

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Yoshiaki Takaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Takaki said he was asked by Prime Minister Naoto Kan earlier in the day to resume screening procedures to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang high schools in Japan. The procedures have been frozen since a North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island last November.

Panel unveils guidelines for banks granting debt waivers

Panel unveils guidelines for banks granting debt waivers

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa addresses a joint study panel of the Japanese Bankers Association and the Federation of Economic Organizations held in Tokyo on June 29. The panel unveiled an interim report, setting guidelines for when a bank forgives loans to a corporate borrower.

Panel unveils guidelines for banks granting debt waivers

Panel unveils guidelines for banks granting debt waivers

TOKYO, Japan - Financial Services Minister Hakuo Yanagisawa addresses a joint study panel of the Japanese Bankers Association and the Federation of Economic Organizations held in Tokyo on June 29. The panel unveiled an interim report, setting guidelines for when a bank forgives loans to a corporate borrower.

Gov't to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang schools

Gov't to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang schools

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's education minister Yoshiaki Takaki holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 29, 2011. Takaki said he was asked by Prime Minister Naoto Kan earlier in the day to resume screening procedures to provide tuition waivers to pro-Pyongyang high schools in Japan. The procedures have been frozen since a North Korean artillery attack on a South Korean island last November. (Kyodo)

Iranian oil

Iranian oil

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Iran's oil minister, speaks in Tehran on May 1, 2019, a day before the United States ended sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Iranian oil

Iranian oil

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States ended sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil on May 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oil tanker off southern Iran

Oil tanker off southern Iran

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States said on April 22 that it will end sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Oil tanker off southern Iran

Oil tanker off southern Iran

Photo taken March 3, 2019, shows an oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The United States said on April 22 that it will end sanctions waivers for imports of Iranian oil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Tigers claim Fighters' Mendoza from waivers

Baseball: Tigers claim Fighters' Mendoza from waivers

Mexican right-hander Luis Mendoza (R) and Eiichi Takano, head of baseball operations at Hanshin Tigers Baseball Club Ltd., shake hands at a press conference in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2017, the day the Tigers acquired the 33-year-old after claiming him on waivers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Tigers claim Fighters' Mendoza from waivers

Baseball: Tigers claim Fighters' Mendoza from waivers

Mexican right-hander Luis Mendoza poses for photos at a press conference in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 31, 2017, the day the Hanshin Tigers acquired the 33-year-old after claiming him on waivers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Baseball: Houston Astros claim Aoki via waivers

Baseball: Houston Astros claim Aoki via waivers

Photo taken in June 2016 shows Norichika Aoki of the Seattle Mariners playing in a game in Detroit. The Houston Astros said on Nov. 3 that they have acquired the Japanese outfielder as a waiver claim. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo