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Foreign Workers In Japan Hit Record High
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NHK
Japan's labor ministry says the number of registered foreign workers in the country has hit a record high.
Employers reported a total of 1.72 million as of last October. The figure is up 4 percent from a year before, although the pace of increase fell 9.6 points.
Vietnamese workers were the...
Japan's labor ministry says the number of registered foreign workers in the country has hit a record high.
Employers reported a total of 1.72 million as of last October. The figure is up 4 percent from a year before, although the pace of increase fell 9.6 points.
Vietnamese workers were the...
- February 4, 2021
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Japan's Service Sector Slump Deepens As COVID-19 Emergency Hits Businesses
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JAKARTA POST
0 Shares Japan’s services sector shrank at the fastest pace in five months in January, as a heavy blow to demand from a resurgence in coronavirus infections and a state of emergency in parts of the country greatly hurt new business orders.
The gloomy readings come after Prime Minis...
0 Shares Japan’s services sector shrank at the fastest pace in five months in January, as a heavy blow to demand from a resurgence in coronavirus infections and a state of emergency in parts of the country greatly hurt new business orders.
The gloomy readings come after Prime Minis...
- February 3, 2021
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Suzuki Halts Production In Myanmar After Coup As Japan Firms Scramble To Assess Fallout
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JAPAN TIMES
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Tuesday it has halted production at its two auto plants in Myanmar to ensure the safety of its employees following a military coup the previous day, as other Japanese companies from retail giant Aeon Co. to auto-parts maker Denso Corp. were scrambling to asse...
Suzuki Motor Corp. said Tuesday it has halted production at its two auto plants in Myanmar to ensure the safety of its employees following a military coup the previous day, as other Japanese companies from retail giant Aeon Co. to auto-parts maker Denso Corp. were scrambling to asse...
- February 2, 2021
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Japan's Panasonic To Scrap Solar Cell Production
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JAPAN TIMES
Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. has decided to scrap its unprofitable solar cell manufacturing operations amid ever-increasing price competition, it was learned Sunday.
Solar cell production at the company’s Malaysian plant and its unit in Unnan, Shimane Prefecture, will be termin...
Electronics giant Panasonic Corp. has decided to scrap its unprofitable solar cell manufacturing operations amid ever-increasing price competition, it was learned Sunday.
Solar cell production at the company’s Malaysian plant and its unit in Unnan, Shimane Prefecture, will be termin...
- January 31, 2021
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Japan's 2020 Job Availability Logs Sharpest Drop In 45 Years
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JAPAN TIMES
Japan's job availability ratio in 2020 logged the sharpest drop since 1975, while the average unemployment rate marked the first rise in 11 years, highlighting the magnitude of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on workers, government data showed Friday.
The job availability ...
Japan's job availability ratio in 2020 logged the sharpest drop since 1975, while the average unemployment rate marked the first rise in 11 years, highlighting the magnitude of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on workers, government data showed Friday.
The job availability ...
- January 29, 2021
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Japan Asks Taiwan To Produce More Semiconductors
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JAPAN NEWS
The government has asked authorities in Taiwan, the world’s largest production base for semiconductor products, to increase output because semiconductor chips for automobiles are in short supply all over the world.
If the negative effects spread in the automobile industry, on which a...
The government has asked authorities in Taiwan, the world’s largest production base for semiconductor products, to increase output because semiconductor chips for automobiles are in short supply all over the world.
If the negative effects spread in the automobile industry, on which a...
- January 28, 2021
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Restaurant Sales Fall Record 15.1 % In Japan In 2020
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JAPAN TIMES
Restaurant sales in Japan in 2020 plunged 15.1% from the previous year on an all-store basis, the steepest fall since statistics began in 1994, due to the fallout from the new coronavirus epidemic, the Japan Food Service Association said Monday.
The number of customers at pubs and o...
Restaurant sales in Japan in 2020 plunged 15.1% from the previous year on an all-store basis, the steepest fall since statistics began in 1994, due to the fallout from the new coronavirus epidemic, the Japan Food Service Association said Monday.
The number of customers at pubs and o...
- January 26, 2021
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Honda To Use Cruise Autonomous Vehicles In Japan Taxi Service
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FOX BUSINESS
Japanese automaker is a stakeholder in the General Motors-controlled startup
Honda will begin testing Cruise autonomous vehicles in Japan this year with an eye on launching a driverless ride-hailing service in the coming years.
Honda is a stakeholder General Motors-controlled Cruis...
Japanese automaker is a stakeholder in the General Motors-controlled startup
Honda will begin testing Cruise autonomous vehicles in Japan this year with an eye on launching a driverless ride-hailing service in the coming years.
Honda is a stakeholder General Motors-controlled Cruis...
- January 22, 2021
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Japan's Consumer Prices Fall At Decade-Fast Pace, Adding To Deflation Fears
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the case for the central bank to come up with better ways to combat the deepening impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday's weak data u...
Japan's core consumer prices slumped in December at the fastest annual pace in a decade, a sign of intensifying deflationary pressures that sharpen the case for the central bank to come up with better ways to combat the deepening impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Friday's weak data u...
- January 22, 2021
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Maxon Acquires Japanese Distributor Business, Establishes First Office in Japan
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SPORTS VIDEO
Maxon has completed the transaction to acquire the business segment of its Japanese distributor that services Maxon’s community and business concerns, and the formation of the first official office in Japan: Maxon Computer KK.
For the last 10 years, Maxon’s Japan Representative off...
Maxon has completed the transaction to acquire the business segment of its Japanese distributor that services Maxon’s community and business concerns, and the formation of the first official office in Japan: Maxon Computer KK.
For the last 10 years, Maxon’s Japan Representative off...
- January 21, 2021
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