Healthy life span at 72.14 years for men, 74.79 for women
March 9, 2018
Tokyo- The healthy life expectancy is put at 72.14 years for Japanese men in 2016, up 0.95 year from 2013, and 74.79 years for women, up 0.58 year, the health ministry said Friday. By prefecture, Yamanashi ranked top in healthy
13,000 evacuees still living in prefabs
March 9, 2018
Sendai, Miyagi Pref.- More than 13,000 evacuees in northeastern Japan are living in prefabricated provisional homes for those displaced by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and the subsequent nuclear disaster. As of the end of January this year, 29,619
Abe to visit US. in April for talks with Trump on N. Korea
March 9, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump on Friday agreed to discuss North Korean issues next month, as the president is seen meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May. In telephone talks, Abe
Nippon Life to raise base pay for 1st time in 23 years
March 9, 2018
Tokyo- Nippon Life Insurance Co. has told its labor union in this year’s “shunto” labor-management negotiations that it plans to increase base wages for the first time in 23 years, it was learned Thursday. The major Japanese life insurer will
Gov’t OKs bill on stronger steps against passive smoking
March 9, 2018
Tokyo- The Japanese government adopted Friday a bill to strengthen measures against passive smoking in public places ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Laying out a basic policy to eliminate unwanted passive smoking, the bill to revise the
JICA starts interim reporting on MRT-3 system audit
March 9, 2018
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has begun interim reporting of MRT-3 system audit results to the team of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) led by Undersecretary for Railways TJ Batan. No details were provided by MRT-3 of the meeting
Sanctions on N. Korea should not be eased: Abe
March 8, 2018
Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday stressed the need to maintain tough sanctions on North Korea even after an agreement to hold an inter-Korean summit next month. “Sanctions should never be eased only because the country came forward
Keidanren mulls advancing start of job interviews for new grads to March
March 8, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, is considering allowing member companies to start job interviews for prospective graduates in March, three months earlier than currently, informed sources have said. At a press conference on Wednesday, Keidanren Chairman Sadayuki Sakakibara
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