

Tokyo gov. demands central gov't shoulder U.N. Univ. expenses
Thursday July 24, 23:14 PM Yahoo News
Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara has demanded that the central government shoulder about 860 million yen needed annually to host the United Nations University in Tokyo, Foreign Ministry sources said Thursday.
Ishihara made the request to the Foreign Ministry in January by letter, saying it is irrational that the Tokyo metropolitan government has rented the facility free of charge and paid other costs of the university's research facility in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward...