Snack food maker in Japan to resume potato chip sales
Calbee will restart selling three brands of potato chips it halted in April from next week.
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Filipino housekeepers arrive as part of program to bolster sagging labor numbers
Housekeeping operators are looking to increase more foreign maids in Tokyo.
Japan: Asbestos used in 22,000 housing units
Asbestos can cause lung cancer as well as a type of cancer called mesothelioma, and other health problems.
Japan to decide on new anti-missile system
Japan's Defense Ministry intends to decide in the next few months on how to upgrade its missile defense.
Japan: Beer sales rise ahead of anticipated price hike
Consumers in Japan bought more beer and similar beverages in May ahead of an expected price hike.
Japan: Bus driver talks about fatal accident
The driver of a tourist bus that was hit by a car on the Tomei Expressway says he quickly steered to the left to avert a disaster when he saw something flying towards him.
Japan: Eateries trying to help foreign part-timers
Restaurant operators in Japan are helping their foreign part-time workers get used to the country's working environment.
Japan: Gropers urged against jumping on tracks to flee
Railway operators in Japan have jointly launched a campaign warning people accused of groping not to flee by running along the railway tracks.
Japan issued a record number of visas to foreigners in 2016
Chinese visitors accounted for 78 percent of the total, followed by those from the Philippines and Indonesia.
Chiba: Woman, daughter, granddaughter perish in house fire
It took firefighters about 2 1/2 hours to extinguish the blaze which destroyed the top floor where the family were sleeping.
