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Mobile Temp Housing Sought for Hokkaido Quake Victims

Mobile Temp Housing Sought for Hokkaido Quake Victims

September 19, 2018

Chitose, Hokkaido- Calls are growing for an early introduction of mobile temporary housing for people affected by a recent powerful earthquake that rocked the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido. The Okayama Prefecture city of Kurashiki, which was among western Japan

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FOCUS: Japan Waiting to See Putin’s Next Move after Peace Treaty Proposal

September 19, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government is taking a wait-and-see attitude in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise proposal last week that the two countries conclude a post-World War II peace treaty without any preconditions by the end of this

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Kono Asks Britain to Listen to Japan Concerns about Brexit

September 19, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono asked visiting British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday to listen to Japanese companies concerns about the impact from Britain’s exit from the European Union, or Brexit. Hunt pledged to do so, according to

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76 Pct of Japanese Pessimistic about Children’s Future: U.S. Survey

September 19, 2018

Washington- In Japan, 76 pct of people are pessimistic about the future of children in financial terms, despite an improvement in the country’s economic outlook, a U.S. survey revealed Tuesday. Among 27 countries surveyed, Japan came second in the pessimism

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2020 Tokyo Games Volunteers to Get 1,000 Yen for Transportation

September 19, 2018

Tokyo- The 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic organizing committee adopted a plan on Tuesday to offer volunteers 1,000 yen per person a day as transportation expenses. The committee will start accepting applications from Sept. 26 for a total of 80,000

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Yamato Transport Introduces 3-Day Workweek System

September 19, 2018

Tokyo- Major Japanese parcel delivery company Yamato Transport Co. said Tuesday that it has introduced a work system offering a three-day workweek option for full-time employees who have been at the company for at least one year and raising children,

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Machines to Work More Than Humans by 2025: WEF

September 18, 2018

Paris- Machines will do more than half of all workplace tasks by 2025 as a result of technological innovations linked to artificial intelligence and robots, the World Economic Forum said Monday. A WEF report said that 29 pct of all

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Japanese Businessman to Hold Concert for World Peace in N.Y.

September 18, 2018

New York- A Japanese businessman will hold a concert on his country’s friendship with Turkey to call for world peace at Carnegie Hall in New York on Nov. 29. The concert will feature a symphonic suite called Friendship, themed on events

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