Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says his government wants to raise the minimum wage by 3 percent a year to achieve its GDP growth target. Abe made the comments on Tuesday at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He said the minimum hourly wage should be raised to 1000 yen, or […]
After these passengers got stranded, they walked the rest of the way in such a precise line they practically became a train themselves. As reliable as Japan’s public transportation system is, with so many trains running from morning to night, eventually some sort of problem is going to occur. Passengers heading to work or school […]
Police in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, have sent a 22-year-old university student to prosecutors after he was arrested on suspicion of throwing raw eggs at commercial facilities and onto rail tracks. The student, who attends Keio University – one of Japan’s most prestigious private educational institutions – has admitted to throwing the eggs a total of […]
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Kitanoumi died of multiple organ failure resulting from rectum cancer at a Fukuoka hospital in southwestern Japan at 6:55 p.m. Friday (9:55 a.m. GMT). He was 62. Kitanoumi, whose real name was Toshimitsu Obata, was born in Sobetsu in Hokkaido, northernmost Japan. He made a sumo ring debut in 1967 at […]
Japan will open doors for Filipino Domestic workers Manila – Lalaon at magbubukas na ng oportunidad ang bansang Hapon para sa mga Pilipino na domestic workers. Isa ito sa mga naging usapin Nina Presidente Ninoy Benigno Aquino III at Japanese Prime minister Shinzo Abe noong Huwebes ng gabi, ika-19 Nobyembre. Maging sa kasalukuyan ay tumatanggap […]
Hindi kapanipaniwalang paglaki ng isang bulkan ang nasubaybayan ng mga opisyales ng Japan Coast Guard mula ng nabuo ito sa pagsabog sa ilalim ng liblib na karagatang Pasipiko mga dalawang taon pa lamang ang nakakalipas. Sinasabing ang isla ng Nishinoshima ay lumaki ng 12 beses kaysa sa dating laki nito sa loob lamang ng dalawang […]
TOKYO – Sa loob pa lamang ng sampong buwan ngayong taon ay umabot na sa 16.3 milyong mga turista ang bumisita sa bansang Hapon ayon sa Japan National Tourism Oragnization (JNTO). Sinabi pa ng JNTO na lalagpasan pa nito ang panukalang 2o milyong turistang bibisita ngayon taon, balita ng Fuji TV. Ang umanong bilang ay […]
About 4,000 visitors Thursday got a peak at Expocity, the new 170,000-sq.-meter shopping and entertainment complex build on the site of the 1970 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture. Developer Mitsui Fudosan Co. hopes to see ¥60 billion in annual revenue from the complex, which stands in Expo ’70 Commemorative Park in Suita. At the opening […]
A bank in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, has assigned a humanoid robot the job of welcoming and entertaining customers. In a ceremony at the head office of the Kitakyushu Bank on Tuesday, President Toshio Kato read out a letter of appointment to the robot. The android responded by introducing itself as Pepper No.3, the new […]
The father of a 2-year-old boy and his girlfriend have been arrested for child abuse after he posted a video on Facebook that showed him forcing the boy to inhale directly from a cigarette. Police on Monday arrested the boy’s father, Shun Habuchi, 24, reportedly from Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, and his 16-year-old girlfriend for forcing […]
