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Kansai Electric Says it Failed to Pay Y1.7 bil in Overtime Wages
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JAPAN TODAY
OSAKA — Kansai Electric Power Co has not paid some 12,900 employees a total of around 1.7 billion yen in overtime wages for a two-year period through the end of last year.
The Osaka-based utility discovered the underpayments for late-night overtime work while probing an overwork-rel...
OSAKA — Kansai Electric Power Co has not paid some 12,900 employees a total of around 1.7 billion yen in overtime wages for a two-year period through the end of last year.
The Osaka-based utility discovered the underpayments for late-night overtime work while probing an overwork-rel...
- April 6, 2017
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Fuji Heavy Industries Changes Name to Subaru Corp
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd on Saturday changed its company name to Subaru Corp, the brand of its most popular line of cars.
The name change comes as the company marks the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Ceremonies were held Friday for employees at the company’s head offic...
TOKYO — Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd on Saturday changed its company name to Subaru Corp, the brand of its most popular line of cars.
The name change comes as the company marks the 100th anniversary of its founding.
Ceremonies were held Friday for employees at the company’s head offic...
- April 4, 2017
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Toshiba Memory Business Split Approved
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THE JAPAN NEWS
CHIBA (Jiji Press) — Shareholders of struggling electronics and machinery maker Toshiba Corp. on Thursday approved the company’s plan to split off its lucrative flash memory business as a way to remedy its balance sheet.
The approval was given at an extraordinary general sharehol...
CHIBA (Jiji Press) — Shareholders of struggling electronics and machinery maker Toshiba Corp. on Thursday approved the company’s plan to split off its lucrative flash memory business as a way to remedy its balance sheet.
The approval was given at an extraordinary general sharehol...
- April 4, 2017
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Yoshinoya Beef Bowl Chain to Offer Tuition Loan Perks to Staff
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Yoshinoya Holdings Co is to offer tuition loans to part-time staff of its gyudon beef bowl franchises with the debt then waived if the employees work for the company for at least four years after finishing their studies.
The program is aimed at providing financial support to...
TOKYO — Yoshinoya Holdings Co is to offer tuition loans to part-time staff of its gyudon beef bowl franchises with the debt then waived if the employees work for the company for at least four years after finishing their studies.
The program is aimed at providing financial support to...
- April 3, 2017
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For BOJ’s Kuroda, 2% Inflation Still a Long Way Off
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Although there is one year left before his term expires on April 8, 2018, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda still has a long way to go to realize his 2 percent inflation target. This is despite the bold monetary easing policies he has presented since taking office in March 2013....
Although there is one year left before his term expires on April 8, 2018, Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda still has a long way to go to realize his 2 percent inflation target. This is despite the bold monetary easing policies he has presented since taking office in March 2013....
- April 1, 2017
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Suzuki Wagon R Comes with Water-draining Umbrella Stand
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Suzuki Motor Corp has equipped its new Wagon R with an umbrella stand capable of draining water.
This is the first time that such a function has been added to a light car. An umbrella can be inserted into a space in the door pocket of the right or left rear seat. Rainwater f...
TOKYO — Suzuki Motor Corp has equipped its new Wagon R with an umbrella stand capable of draining water.
This is the first time that such a function has been added to a light car. An umbrella can be inserted into a space in the door pocket of the right or left rear seat. Rainwater f...
- March 31, 2017
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Japanese Firms Still Slow in Reducing Overtime: Survey
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Moves by Japan’s major corporations to reduce overtime work are still coming slowly, with only one in four companies saying they plan to introduce a cap, a recent Kyodo News survey showed.
In the survey of 104 companies’ employees and hiring plans, 98 firms said they have a ...
TOKYO — Moves by Japan’s major corporations to reduce overtime work are still coming slowly, with only one in four companies saying they plan to introduce a cap, a recent Kyodo News survey showed.
In the survey of 104 companies’ employees and hiring plans, 98 firms said they have a ...
- March 29, 2017
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JAL Revival Heralds New Competition / Transport Ministry to End Regulatory Supervision
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THE JAPAN NEWS
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese airline industry is set to enter a new era of competition in April, with Japan Airlines to exit from restrictions on launching new operations that were imposed after the public bailout of the former national flag carrier.
Following its bankruptcy...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Japanese airline industry is set to enter a new era of competition in April, with Japan Airlines to exit from restrictions on launching new operations that were imposed after the public bailout of the former national flag carrier.
Following its bankruptcy...
- March 28, 2017
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TEPCO to Reshuffle Top Management
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JAPAN TODAY
TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO), operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, will reshuffle its top management, promoting Director Tomoaki Kobayakawa to president, people close to the matter said Sunday.
TEPCO, which is effectively controlle...
TOKYO — Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TEPCO), operator of the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, will reshuffle its top management, promoting Director Tomoaki Kobayakawa to president, people close to the matter said Sunday.
TEPCO, which is effectively controlle...
- March 28, 2017
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Japan’s Premium Friday campaign gets tepid response from workers in Tokyo
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JAPAN TRENDS
Despite all the media fanfare and money spent on advertising the campaign, the jury is still out on whether Premium Friday was a success or flop.
The campaign launched by METI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) asks companies to let workers off at 3pm on the last Friday ...
Despite all the media fanfare and money spent on advertising the campaign, the jury is still out on whether Premium Friday was a success or flop.
The campaign launched by METI (the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) asks companies to let workers off at 3pm on the last Friday ...
- March 25, 2017
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