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Toshiba: Japan's Faded Titan Selling The Family Silver
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - At a train station used by hundreds of workers at struggling Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, an advert is apparently trying to poach staff worried by their employer's precarious financial position.
"Do you work for 'that' electronics company? If so, come and work for us!...
TOKYO - At a train station used by hundreds of workers at struggling Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, an advert is apparently trying to poach staff worried by their employer's precarious financial position.
"Do you work for 'that' electronics company? If so, come and work for us!...
- September 18, 2017
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EU Parliament Opposes Bid to Reduce Testing of Fukushima Food Imports
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JAPAN TODAY
STRASBOURG, France - The European Parliament has warned against easing health controls imposed on food products imported from the Fukushima region in Japan in the wake of the nuclear disaster of 2011.
The checks were imposed on food from the area around the Fukushima nuclear plant i...
STRASBOURG, France - The European Parliament has warned against easing health controls imposed on food products imported from the Fukushima region in Japan in the wake of the nuclear disaster of 2011.
The checks were imposed on food from the area around the Fukushima nuclear plant i...
- September 16, 2017
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Court Orders Japan Post to Close Wage Gap for Contract Workers
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - A Tokyo court ordered Japan Post Co on Thursday to compensate three contract workers who had sued the company for paying them less than full-time employees doing the same work.
The Tokyo District Court awarded the workers some 920,000 yen in total, a small fraction of the ro...
TOKYO - A Tokyo court ordered Japan Post Co on Thursday to compensate three contract workers who had sued the company for paying them less than full-time employees doing the same work.
The Tokyo District Court awarded the workers some 920,000 yen in total, a small fraction of the ro...
- September 15, 2017
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Japan Aims to Raise Y1.4 Tril in Japan Post Share Sale
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese said Monday it would sell off another chunk of the country's massive postal service in a share sale that could raise up to 1.4 trillion yen.
Tokyo said it would sell up to 990 million shares in Japan Post, or about 22 percent of its outstanding shares, the finance m...
TOKYO - Japanese said Monday it would sell off another chunk of the country's massive postal service in a share sale that could raise up to 1.4 trillion yen.
Tokyo said it would sell up to 990 million shares in Japan Post, or about 22 percent of its outstanding shares, the finance m...
- September 13, 2017
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Nagasaki Region Steps Up Efforts to Avert Potato Chip Crisis
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JAPAN TODAY
NAGASAKI - Potato growers in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan's second-largest spud-producing region, are pinning their hopes on a new disease-resistant variety to avoid another crop shortage of the kind that halted sales of chips and other snack products this year.
The prefecture plans t...
NAGASAKI - Potato growers in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan's second-largest spud-producing region, are pinning their hopes on a new disease-resistant variety to avoid another crop shortage of the kind that halted sales of chips and other snack products this year.
The prefecture plans t...
- September 11, 2017
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McDonald’s Japan Picks Up Pace of Turnaround
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — McDonald’s Japan is adding to its restaurant count in the second half of the year, underscoring a turnaround that has seen same-store sales climb for 21 straight months.
McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan plans to open more restaurants than it will close in the sec...
TOKYO (Bloomberg) — McDonald’s Japan is adding to its restaurant count in the second half of the year, underscoring a turnaround that has seen same-store sales climb for 21 straight months.
McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan plans to open more restaurants than it will close in the sec...
- September 8, 2017
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Ajinomoto To Open Gyoza Restaurant Mainly for Foreigners
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co. on Monday unveiled to the media a “gyoza” pot sticker restaurant set to open in Tokyo’s posh Akasaka district on Thursday, hoping to let more visitors to Japan enjoy the popular food.
The menu at the restaurant, “Gyoza It.,” run by ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co. on Monday unveiled to the media a “gyoza” pot sticker restaurant set to open in Tokyo’s posh Akasaka district on Thursday, hoping to let more visitors to Japan enjoy the popular food.
The menu at the restaurant, “Gyoza It.,” run by ...
- September 6, 2017
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Japan Goes on Defensive in Tuna Talks
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THE JAPAN NEWS
BUSAN, South Korea — A number of countries participating in a Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) subcommittee meeting have emphasized the protection of bluefin tuna and agreed to prolong restrictions on catches of the fish.
The panel also agreed to a new rul...
BUSAN, South Korea — A number of countries participating in a Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) subcommittee meeting have emphasized the protection of bluefin tuna and agreed to prolong restrictions on catches of the fish.
The panel also agreed to a new rul...
- September 5, 2017
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Debris to be Removed From Side of Fukushima Reactors
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - A state-backed entity tasked with supporting the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power station proposed Thursday that melted fuel be removed from the side of three of the crippled reactors as part of the process to scrap the complex.
Based on a formal proposal, the ...
TOKYO - A state-backed entity tasked with supporting the decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power station proposed Thursday that melted fuel be removed from the side of three of the crippled reactors as part of the process to scrap the complex.
Based on a formal proposal, the ...
- September 1, 2017
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More People Apply for Labor Inspector Jobs After Dentsu Incident
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO Japanese authorities have seen a rise in applicants for jobs as labor-standard inspectors in the wake of the death of a young female employee of the nation's top ad agency after working excessive overtime.
The karoshi (death from overwork) incident at Dentsu Inc in 2015 shocke...
TOKYO Japanese authorities have seen a rise in applicants for jobs as labor-standard inspectors in the wake of the death of a young female employee of the nation's top ad agency after working excessive overtime.
The karoshi (death from overwork) incident at Dentsu Inc in 2015 shocke...
- August 29, 2017
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