Panel calls for company approvals of workers’ side jobs
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- A Japanese labor ministry panel on Tuesday proposed that the ministry encourage companies to allow their employees to have second or side jobs by scrapping their current effective bans. A report by the panel recommends a shift to a
Local Govts Troubled by Apparent N. Korean Wooden Boats
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- With a record number of wooden boats apparently from North Korea having drifted to Japan this year, local governments in northeastern Japan are busy dealing with the bodies of their crews and disposing of the vessels. The number of
Obayashi Seeks Leniency by Admitting Bid-Rigging
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- Obayashi Corp. officials have admitted their involvement in prearranging with three other firms winners of orders tied to a 9-trillion-yen project to build Japan’s first magnetic levitation Shinkansen train line, informed sources said Tuesday. The Obayashi officials admitted the
Kono Urges Steady Implementation of Comfort Women Accord
December 20, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, at a meeting on Tuesday with his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, stressed the importance for their countries to implement steadily the 2015 accord on resolving the issue of so-called comfort women finally and
Nursing care sector pins hope on foreign trainees
December 19, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s law governing the vocational training program for foreign workers has been revised, arousing hopes among nursing care service providers that chronic shortages of care workers may be eased. The Technical Intern Training Program is designed to transfer industrial,
LDP panel proposes more night entertainment
December 19, 2017
Tokyo- A group of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed boosting consumer spending by extending the operations of entertainment and cultural facilities and train and bus services deeper into the night. The group discussing how to use night hours
Finance Min. OKs 0.9% total medical fee cut
December 19, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso agreed on Monday to cut total medical fees covered by the country’s public health insurance system by 0.90 percent from the current level. The planned reduction under the cost revision for fiscal 2018, which
Japan to set up SNS helpline to prevent suicides
December 19, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese government decided Tuesday to establish a helpline on social networking sites for young people with suicidal thoughts in order to prevent the recurrence of the grisly murders in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, earlier this year.
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