Japanese mayor vows to quit after verbal abuse
February 2, 2019
Akashi, Hyogo Pref.–Akashi Mayor Fusaho Izumi on Friday expressed his intention to resign to take responsibility for verbally abusing a city worker. Izumi, 55, tendered his resignation to the speaker of the city assembly of Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan.
Improper retail price surveys come to light
February 1, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s internal affairs ministry said Friday that improper survey methods have been taken to compile retail price statistics, one of the country’s key economic data. Prefectural governments across the country conduct on-site surveys on retail prices for some 500 goods
Govt mulls recalculating wage figures: Abe
February 1, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese government is looking at whether it is possible to recalculate wage figures for the first 11 months of last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday, in connection with recent revelations of irregularities in a key labor survey.
ANA unit given biz improvement order over pilot’s drinking
February 1, 2019
Tokyo–The Japanese transport ministry hit ANA Wings Co. with a business improvement order on Friday over a recent drinking incident involving a male pilot of the ANA Holdings Inc. unit. The business improvement order represents a tougher measure by the
Number of flu patients hits record high in Japan
February 1, 2019
Tokyo–The number of influenza patients per medical institution in Japan in the week through Sunday hit a record high since the statistics began in April 1999, the health ministry said Friday. The average number of flu patients at some 5,000
JAL plane runs off taxiway at Narita Airport
February 1, 2019
Narita, Chiba Pref.–A Japan Airlines passenger plane ran off a taxiway at Narita International Airport near Tokyo after landing on Friday, leaving one of its runways closed. There have been no reports of injury among 201 passengers and crew members
Abused girl’s report on bullying by her father conveyed to him
January 31, 2019
Chiba–A Japanese municipal board of education handed a copy of a school questionnaire in which a 10-year-old girl reported her father’s bullying of her, to the father himself, officials said Thursday. In a fatal child abuse case, the Chiba prefectural
Japan places numerical limits on pilots’ alcohol levels
January 31, 2019
Tokyo–Japan’s transport ministry on Thursday started applying numerical criteria on airline pilots’ alcohol levels. The move follows a string of cases in which passenger flights operated by Japanese airlines were delayed due to pilots’ drinking. Under the new rules, the
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