An event marking the start of the whirlpool-watching season has been held in the Naruto Strait in western Japan. The annual “Uzubiraki” is held in spring when larger whirlpools develop in the turbulent strait linking the Pacific Ocean and the Seto Inland Sea. A local tourism ambassador headed to the strait on a whirlpool-viewing boat […]
Japanese men still earn more than women, but a new survey shows that the gender wage gap is narrower than ever. Labor ministry officials who ran a national survey of entities with 10 or more employees found that last year, average monthly pay excluding overtime was about 2,700 dollars. That’s unchanged from 2015 in yen […]
Many employees across Japan will be leaving work at around 3 pm on the last Friday of each month, starting this week. This is part of a new campaign called “Premium Friday,” led by government and business officials. The aim is to boost the country’s sluggish consumption. Industry groups and companies, as well as local […]
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The Japanese government plans to allow more foreigners with specific skills to work in Japan as part of its special economic zone project. A government panel on the national special strategic zones met on Tuesday. The government aims to promote deregulation in these areas. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Finance Minister Taro Aso and Local Revitalization […]
Businesses leaders and government officials gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday to promote a labor initiative known as “Premium Friday.” The campaign is a government-led push for companies in Japan to let people finish work early at about 3pm on the last Friday of every month. Officials are hoping it will boost the country’s flagging consumption. […]
Fourteen passengers are dead in a horrific crash when a bus carrying them crashed Monday into an electric post on a hilly descent, disaster management officials said. The passengers, mostly college students on a field trip, were killed after the bus lost its brakes and crashed into the post at around 9 a.m., in Sitio […]
Crowds of men wearing nothing but loincloths joined a nighttime festival in western Japan, vying to catch wooden sticks said to bring good luck. The annual “Naked Festival” was held on Saturday on the grounds of Saidaiji Temple in the city of Okayama. The tradition dates back to the 16th century and is designated as […]
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 […]
Japan has offered to send patrol ships to deal with a growing piracy threat in the southern Philippine waters bordering Indonesia and Malaysia, a senior Philippine defence official said on Tuesday. A surge in piracy off parts of the southern Philippines is forcing ship-owners to divert vessels through other waters, pushing up costs and shipping […]
