The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has joined in a project to recycle used cell phones and other electronic devices to make Olympic and Paralympic medals out of metals extracted from the devices. Tokyo officials set up a recycling box inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday. To protect personal information stored on phones, equipment to […]
Police officers and psychiatrists from across Japan have gathered to discuss how to rehabilitate stalkers who refuse to undergo psychiatric treatment. Some 80 officials and experts met at the National Police Agency in Tokyo on Monday. Since April last year, police began urging habitual stalkers to visit psychiatrists and undergo treatment or counselling. But the […]
Super Tamade Co, an Osaka-based supermarket market chain, and its personnel division chief have been fined for the illegally long hours worked by foreign student employees. The Osaka Summary Court fined the discount supermarket chain 1 million yen and the personnel manager Mitsutoshi Maeda, 41, 700,000 yen as demanded by prosecutors for violating the Immigration […]
A strong cold air mass has brought snow and brisk wind to much of Japan. Some areas in western Japan have had snowstorms. Weather officials warn of heavy snow and blizzards, mainly on the Sea of Japan coast. The Meteorological Agency says developing low pressure systems brought the air mass. As of 6 AM on […]
Ten thousand Catholics attended the beatification ceremony for Christian feudal warlord Takayama Ukon, who was expelled from Japan in the early 17th century for refusing to renounce his faith. Cardinal Angelo Amato was sent from the Vatican on behalf of Pope Francis to oversee the event at Osaka-jo Hall here on Feb. 7 that elevates […]
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Japan’s labor ministry says average monthly wages adjusted for inflation rose in 2016, the first increase in 5 years. The data is the preliminary result of a nationwide survey. The ministry says the average monthly wage, including bonuses and overtime pay, was about 315 thousand yen, roughly 2,800 dollars. That’s up 0.7 percent in real […]
The government is considering setting the minimum marriage age at 18 for both genders, scrapping a provision introduced shortly after World War II that allows 16-year-old girls to get married, a government source said Thursday. The government is considering including a provision for the unified minimum marriage age in a bill to revise the Civil […]
A fleet of robots was deployed to Haneda Airport in Tokyo to greet and assist the flood of visitors expected to arrive during the Lunar New Year holidays. The testing is being conducted with an eye toward having the guide robots working full-time at the airport from 2019. Eight robots will rotate in shifts up […]
Government’s reform initiative aims to reduce death from overwork. The Japanese government began formal discussions Wednesday on draft legislation that would limit overtime to an average of 60 hours a month throughout the calendar year. “Extended work hours are a structural problem, so it is necessary to reexamine corporate culture and business practices,” Prime Minister […]
