Medical costs drop for first time in 14 years in FY 2016
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- The total amount of money paid to medical institutions in Japan to cover treatment of injuries and diseases fell 0.4 percent from the previous year to 41,286.5 billion yen in fiscal 2016, the health ministry said in a preliminary
Partnership head vows to end violence against children
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- The Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children is an initiative aimed at stopping all forms of violence against children, its director, Susan Bissell, said in a recent interview in Tokyo. The End Violence partnership was established in 2015
Panel OKs outline of work style reform legislation
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese government panel on Friday approved an outline of a package of bills for work style reforms, including the introduction of overtime caps and measures to promote equal pay for equal work. The legislation is “generally reasonable,” the
32.2% of new graduates quit Jobs within 3 years
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- A Japanese labor ministry survey showed Friday that 32.2 percent of people who started to work just after graduating from university in March 2014 quit their jobs within three years. The figure was up by 0.3 percentage point from
Typhoon Talim leaves at least 2 dead
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- Typhoon Talim has left at least two people dead and three missing in Japan, police and other authorities said Monday. After ripping through the southwestern and western regions, the 18th typhoon of the year made landfall in Hokkaido on
Abe leaves for New York to attend UN General Assembly
September 18, 2017
TOKYO- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Monday for New York, mainly to attend the ongoing UN General Assembly session. Abe hopes to agree with leaders of other countries on the need to further
Typhoon Talim slams into southwestern Japan
September 17, 2017
TOKYO- Large-scale Typhoon Talim slammed into southwestern Japan on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds. The typhoon, the 18th of the year, made landfall near Minamikyushu, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Japan’s southwestern main island of Kyushu around 11:30 a.m. (2:30
For 15 years, no abductee returns to Japan from North Korea
September 17, 2017
TOKYO- For the 15 years since then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a historic visit to North Korea, little substantive progress has been made on Japan’s efforts to bring back Japanese nationals abducted by North Korean agents. Following the first-ever
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