Protesters rally one year after start of Henoko coastal work
April 26, 2018
Nago, Okinawa Pref.- Protesters on Wednesday held a rally near US Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture on the first anniversary of the start of coastal protection work for a planned US military base at the Henoko coastal area in the
Ruling bloc aims for work reform debates at Diet from Fri.
April 26, 2018
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling parties agreed Wednesday to start Diet deliberations on a bill to overhaul labor regulations on Friday, although opposition parties are continuing to boycott parliamentary debates. The agreement was reached at a meeting of senior officials of the
Pay hikes at major Japanese firms average 2.54%: Keidanren
April 26, 2018
Tokyo- Major Japanese companies have agreed to raise monthly employee pay by 8,621 yen, or 2.54 percent, on average so far during this year’s “shunto” spring labor-management negotiations, the Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, said Wednesday. The result of the
Russia to invite Japanese for tour of disputed islands
April 26, 2018
Moscow- Russia plans to invite Japanese people this summer for a sightseeing tour of four disputed northwestern Pacific islands, the Interfax news agency quoted a Sakhalin provincial official as saying Tuesday. The tour is being considered as part of planned
Ex-comfort women supporters to seek gov’t official stance not to demolish Manila statue
April 25, 2018
Supporters of former Filipino sex slaves during World War II by Japanese soldiers would formally ask concerned government agencies to come out with their official position not to demolish the controversial statute of a “comfort woman” in Manila. In a
Women to make up half of FamilyMart’s new recruits for 2019
April 25, 2018
Tokyo- FamilyMart Co. aims to have women account for 50 percent of new graduates to be hired in the next spring, according to company officials. The major Japanese convenience store chain hopes to adopt more women’s viewpoints in developing new
Kobe Steel under police probe over data manipulation
April 25, 2018
Tokyo- Tokyo prosecutors and police have launched a joint investigation into Kobe Steel Ltd.’s product quality data manipulation scandal, over suspicions that the major steelmaker violated the unfair competition prevention law through fraudulent labeling, investigative sources said Wednesday. The Tokyo
TV Asahi defends secret recording of top bureaucrat’s indecent remarks
April 25, 2018
Tokyo- TV Asahi Corp. President Gengo Sunami on Tuesday expressed understanding that one of the Japanese broadcaster’s female reporters made a voice recording of sexually explicit remarks allegedly by the country’s top finance bureaucrat during their one-on-one meeting at a
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