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JTB Issuing Travel Coupons To Encourage Domestic Travel In Japan
- Category:Tourism
THE JAPAN TIMES
Managing Executive Officer Eijiro Yamakita, who will become the new chief executive officer for JTB Corp. on June 30, sat down with the Yomiuri Shimbun on Friday and revealed that the company will issue about 20,000 coupons to encourage domestic travel.
Distribution of the trave...
Managing Executive Officer Eijiro Yamakita, who will become the new chief executive officer for JTB Corp. on June 30, sat down with the Yomiuri Shimbun on Friday and revealed that the company will issue about 20,000 coupons to encourage domestic travel.
Distribution of the trave...
- June 20, 2020
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Japan's Fujitsu Brings Hand Washing AI To COVID-19 Fight
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JOURNAL PIONEER
OKYO (Reuters) - Three months after the World Health Organization recommended singing "Happy Birthday" twice during hand washing to fight the coronavirus, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd has developed an artificial intelligence monitor it says will ensure healthcare, hotel and food industry...
OKYO (Reuters) - Three months after the World Health Organization recommended singing "Happy Birthday" twice during hand washing to fight the coronavirus, Japan's Fujitsu Ltd has developed an artificial intelligence monitor it says will ensure healthcare, hotel and food industry...
- June 19, 2020
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Japanese Shoppers Queue And Crash Website For Uniqlo's Washable Masks
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JAPAN TIMES
Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brand’s popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer.
Scenes of people standing in the ra...
Japanese shoppers queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on Friday as the clothing chain began selling face masks with breathable fabric used in the brand’s popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer.
Scenes of people standing in the ra...
- June 19, 2020
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Japan's Ruling Party Eyes Foreign Workers For Financial Sector
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JAKARTA POST
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is drafting a proposal to attract high-skilled workers from abroad for Tokyo's financial sector, the lawmaker heading the LDP's committee on foreign laborers said on Wednesday.
Satsuki Katayama told reporters the party could formalize its pro...
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is drafting a proposal to attract high-skilled workers from abroad for Tokyo's financial sector, the lawmaker heading the LDP's committee on foreign laborers said on Wednesday.
Satsuki Katayama told reporters the party could formalize its pro...
- June 17, 2020
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Bank Of Japan Boosts Aid For Coronavirus-Hit Firms
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japan's central bank Tuesday ramped up aid for businesses struggling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, as it attempts to ease the recession in the world's third-largest economy.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) expanded its zero-interest loan program to firms to 90 tril...
TOKYO - Japan's central bank Tuesday ramped up aid for businesses struggling with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, as it attempts to ease the recession in the world's third-largest economy.
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) expanded its zero-interest loan program to firms to 90 tril...
- June 17, 2020
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Japan’s Campaign to Revive Virus-Hit Tourism Sector Postponed Amid Cost Controversy
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THE DIPLOMAT
A newly devised tourism recovery campaign gets bogged down in a debate over transparency and inflated costs.
Last year, Japan was a tourist mecca welcoming 31.9 million foreign visitors. That was a peak after seven consecutive years of growth. In a pre-coronavirus Japan, Prime Mini...
A newly devised tourism recovery campaign gets bogged down in a debate over transparency and inflated costs.
Last year, Japan was a tourist mecca welcoming 31.9 million foreign visitors. That was a peak after seven consecutive years of growth. In a pre-coronavirus Japan, Prime Mini...
- June 16, 2020
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Business At 20% Of Hospitals In Japan Worse Due To Pandemic: Survey
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THE MAINICHI
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Business conditions at more than 20 percent of medical institutions in Japan have worsened due to the coronavirus pandemic, with doctors saying they have experienced dismissals, salary reductions and forced closures, according to a recent survey.
The online survey ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Business conditions at more than 20 percent of medical institutions in Japan have worsened due to the coronavirus pandemic, with doctors saying they have experienced dismissals, salary reductions and forced closures, according to a recent survey.
The online survey ...
- June 14, 2020
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Women Bear Brunt Of Recession As Pandemic Unravels Abe's 'Womenomics'
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long made creating jobs for women central to his economic policy, but now women are suffering a bigger share of the pain as the country heads for its worst economic slump since World War Two.
Helped by a worker shortage, female labour p...
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has long made creating jobs for women central to his economic policy, but now women are suffering a bigger share of the pain as the country heads for its worst economic slump since World War Two.
Helped by a worker shortage, female labour p...
- June 14, 2020
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Hello Kitty Founder Shintaro Tsuji Steps Down As CEO Aged 92
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BBC
The founder of the Japanese company that created Hello Kitty has announced he is stepping down as CEO aged 92.
Shintaro Tsuji said he would hand over control of Sanrio to his 31-year-old grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji.
It marks the first change in leadership in the company's six-decade history.
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The founder of the Japanese company that created Hello Kitty has announced he is stepping down as CEO aged 92.
Shintaro Tsuji said he would hand over control of Sanrio to his 31-year-old grandson, Tomokuni Tsuji.
It marks the first change in leadership in the company's six-decade history.
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- June 13, 2020
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Leather Business Sees Increase In Sales After Making It Big In Japan
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EXPRESS AND STAR
A business selling bespoke bridle leather bags has seen a 400% increase in sales, despite the lockdown, after making it big in Japan.
Almost three quarters of sales of the leather accessories made by Rutherfords, based in Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, make their way to the J...
A business selling bespoke bridle leather bags has seen a 400% increase in sales, despite the lockdown, after making it big in Japan.
Almost three quarters of sales of the leather accessories made by Rutherfords, based in Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, make their way to the J...
- June 13, 2020
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