Japan: Foreign students may have been forced to work
Labor officials in southwestern Japan suspect that the operator of a Japanese language school forced Indonesian students to work at a care home.
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Number of foreign visitors to Japan rises 7.6% in February
The figure for February -- 2,035,800 visitors -- was the largest for the month.
Japan: Major Japanese firms offer smaller pay hikes
Managers at major Japanese companies have notified their labor unions they will offer smaller pay hikes than last year.
Japan: Govt. to set monthly maximum overtime hours
Japanese business and labor leaders are close to a final agreement on limiting worker's overtime hours.
Japan: Toyota agrees to pay raise
The Japanese automaker decided to offer a base pay-scale hike of about 11 dollars. The labor union was negotiating for 26 dollars.
Girl found dead in empty house in Ishikawa
The body of a 16-year-old girl has been discovered with her hands bound with duct tape in an empty house in Ishikawa Prefecture.
King of Saudi Arabia is visiting Japan
King Salman is accompanied by more than 1,000 people, including cabinet ministers and members of the royal family.
Housekeeping workers arrive from Philippines
25 Filipino women have arrived in Japan to engage in housekeeping work under the government's strategic special zone program.
Japan Post considers rate hikes for online stores
Officials at Japan Post have begun discussing their plan to ask online stores to pay more for package delivery.
1 missile dropped 200 km from mainland Japan
Japan's government says one of the ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Monday likely came the closest ever to the country's coast.
