Kake Apologizes to Ehime Pref. over “Wrong” Meeting Info

May 31, 2018

Matsuyama, Ehime Pref.- A senior official of Kake Educational Institution visited the Ehime prefectural government Thursday to apologize for giving “wrong” information related to a high-profile favoritism scandal in Japan. “We deeply apologize for causing the prefecture great troubles,” Yoshihito Watanabe,

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Ex-MOF Exec Sagawa Unlikely to Be Indicted over Moritomo Scandal

May 31, 2018

Osaka- Public prosecutors are seen giving up indicting former Japanese Ministry of Finance official Nobuhisa Sagawa over the falsification of documents on the controversial huge discount sale of a state land lot to school operator Moritomo Gakuen, it was learned

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Japan Work-Related Deaths Up for 1st Time in 3 Years in 2017

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- The number of work-related deaths recognized in Japan in 2017 rose 5.4 pct from the previous year to 978, up for the first time in three years, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The result reflected an increase in accidents

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Japan to Boost Efforts to Prevent Overwork-Related Deaths

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- Japan’s labor ministry plans to set the goal of raising the proportion of companies with a so-called work interval system to 10 pct or higher in 2020 in an effort to prevent deaths from overwork, it was learned Thursday.

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Japan Paternal Leave Rate Tops 5 Pct for 1st Time

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- The proportion of men who took child-rearing leave in Japan in fiscal 2017 rose 1.98 percentage points from the previous year to 5.14 pct, topping 5 pct for the first time, a Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry survey showed

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Japan to Set Up New Resident Status for Skilled Foreign Workers

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese government plans to set up a new resident status as early as next April to bring in skilled workers from overseas as part of efforts to address serious labor shortages, officials said Wednesday. At present, skilled workers

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Emperor, Empress Host Banquet at Palace, for Last Time(2018/05/30-23:43)

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese Emperor and Empress held a banquet at the Imperial Palace Wednesday to welcome the Vietnamese president and the first lady of the Southeast Asian country as state guests. This could be the final banquet at the palace

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INTERVIEW: New Keidanren Chief Calls for No Delay in Consumption Tax Hike

May 31, 2018

Tokyo- Japan needs to raise its 8 pct consumption tax to 10 pct in October 2019 as planned, Hiroaki Nakanishi, new chairman of the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said in a recent interview. “A postponement (of the tax increase)

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