Papers on H.I.S. sent to prosecutors for illegal overtime
June 14, 2017
Tokyo- Japanese labor authorities on Wednesday sent papers on H.I.S. Co. and two sales executives at the major travel agency for allegedly forcing two employees to work illegally long hours. The labor ministry’s Tokyo Labor Bureau turned the papers over to
Itochu to encourage workers to dump suits on Fridays
June 14, 2017
Tokyo- Major Japanese trader Itochu Corp. said Wednesday that it will launch a campaign to encourage its workers not to wear suits on Fridays and to come to work in casual attire instead on the final business day of the week,
Wider use of yen in Asia to be promoted
June 14, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s Finance Ministry has proposed creating a market where the yen and Asian currencies can be directly exchanged, in order to promote wider use of the yen in Asia. The ministry wants to get the yen chosen over the dollar
Japanese, other tourists visit Russian-held disputed isle: media
June 14, 2017
MOSCOW- A group of some 40 foreign tourists, including Japanese, have recently visited one of four Russian-controlled northwestern Pacific islands at the center of a longstanding territorial dispute between Tokyo and Moscow, according to a media report. Also among the tourists
LDP aims to put conspiracy bill to Upper House vote
June 14, 2017
Tokyo- Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party notified the main opposition Democratic Party on Wednesday that it plans to hold a vote on a controversial anticonspiracy bill at a House of Councillors plenary meeting within the day in a bid to pass
Filipino, Japanese scientists team up for first next gen weather monitoring system in Philippines
June 14, 2017
A team of Japanese and Filipino scientists are working together to establish the first next generation extreme weather monitoring system in the Philippines to help boost the country’s disaster resiliency, a press release from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
UN expert worried over governmentʼs pressure on media
June 13, 2017
BOLOGNA, ITALY- A UN human rights expert on Monday expressed concern over the Japanese government’s possible pressure on media organizations. “I am especially concerned by the direct and indirect pressure that (government) officials can exert over the media,” David Kaye, UN
Govʼt starts campaign to encourage dads to cook
June 13, 2017
Tokyo- The Japanese government launched a campaign on Monday to promote cooking by fathers raising children. At an event to promote the campaign, called “Otohan,” a pun on Japanese words for father and meal, Gender Equality Minister Katsunobu Kato and a
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