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Forget Greece, Japan is the world's real economic time bomb
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FORTUNE
How Japan handles its government debt will have a bigger impact on the U.S. economy.
The eyes of the financial world are on the high drama playing out in Greece right now, and for good reason. Greece’s attempts to renegotiate its debt will redefine how the member nations of the world’...
How Japan handles its government debt will have a bigger impact on the U.S. economy.
The eyes of the financial world are on the high drama playing out in Greece right now, and for good reason. Greece’s attempts to renegotiate its debt will redefine how the member nations of the world’...
- February 27, 2015
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Prince William arrives in Japan for four-day visit
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BBC
The Duke of Cambridge has taken part in a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo at the start of a four-day visit to Japan.
He spent about 40 minutes taking part in the ritual at Hama Rikyu Gardens.
Prince William is on a week-long trip to China and Japan where he will undertake engagements ...
The Duke of Cambridge has taken part in a traditional tea ceremony in Tokyo at the start of a four-day visit to Japan.
He spent about 40 minutes taking part in the ritual at Hama Rikyu Gardens.
Prince William is on a week-long trip to China and Japan where he will undertake engagements ...
- February 27, 2015
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Filipino, Indonesian trainee nurses to get more time to pass Japan exams
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JAPAN TIMES
The government decided Tuesday to allow nursing and care trainees from Indonesia and the Philippines to stay an additional year for further training and to give failed candidates another chance to sit their qualification exams to work in Japan under bilateral free trade agreements.
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The government decided Tuesday to allow nursing and care trainees from Indonesia and the Philippines to stay an additional year for further training and to give failed candidates another chance to sit their qualification exams to work in Japan under bilateral free trade agreements.
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- February 24, 2015
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Clocking off: Japan calls time on long-hours work culture
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THE GUARDIAN
The regulation eight hours in the office is over. The most important work of the day is done; whatever is left can wait until the morning. This is the point many workers would think about heading for the door.
Yet for millions of Japanese employees, the thought of clearing away t...
The regulation eight hours in the office is over. The most important work of the day is done; whatever is left can wait until the morning. This is the point many workers would think about heading for the door.
Yet for millions of Japanese employees, the thought of clearing away t...
- February 24, 2015
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Japan Agriculture Minister Nishikawa Resigns
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WALL STREET JOURNAL
Japanese Agriculture Minister Koya Nishikawa abruptly resigned over a fundraising scandal Monday, depriving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his point person on widely anticipated agriculture changes only months after he was chosen for the job.
Mr. Nishikawa’s resignation come...
Japanese Agriculture Minister Koya Nishikawa abruptly resigned over a fundraising scandal Monday, depriving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of his point person on widely anticipated agriculture changes only months after he was chosen for the job.
Mr. Nishikawa’s resignation come...
- February 24, 2015
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Magnitude 4.5 quake shakes eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
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REUTERS
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook eastern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued.
There were no were immed...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 shook eastern Japan on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo, the agency said, adding that a tsunami warning had not been issued.
There were no were immed...
- February 24, 2015
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Mosques in Japan harassed in wake of hostage crisis
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JAPAN TIMES
At least six mosques and a Muslim organization in Japan have received threats since the hostage crisis that saw two Japanese men killed by the Islamic State militant group.
There are between 70 and 80 mosques in Japan, according to the Tokyo-based Japan Muslim Association. Among 1...
At least six mosques and a Muslim organization in Japan have received threats since the hostage crisis that saw two Japanese men killed by the Islamic State militant group.
There are between 70 and 80 mosques in Japan, according to the Tokyo-based Japan Muslim Association. Among 1...
- February 24, 2015
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A Weird Gundam Robot appeared in Philippines
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JAPANESE STATION
A photograph of the statue of Gundam found in Jed's Island Resort is located in Bulacan, the Philippines has been circulating online recently.
The statue was made by the RX-78-2 Gundam model, which was first seen in the original TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. Compared with tho...
A photograph of the statue of Gundam found in Jed's Island Resort is located in Bulacan, the Philippines has been circulating online recently.
The statue was made by the RX-78-2 Gundam model, which was first seen in the original TV series Mobile Suit Gundam. Compared with tho...
- February 18, 2015
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IBM’s Watson Turns Japanese and Moves Into Robots
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NY TIMES
IBM and SoftBank Telecom have agreed to bring the technology behind Watson — the IBM computer that won the television game show “Jeopardy!” — into Japan.
It is a significant technological achievement, since Watson’s question-and-answer capabilities had to be adapted from the English-...
IBM and SoftBank Telecom have agreed to bring the technology behind Watson — the IBM computer that won the television game show “Jeopardy!” — into Japan.
It is a significant technological achievement, since Watson’s question-and-answer capabilities had to be adapted from the English-...
- February 18, 2015
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Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Express will be a bullet train in Japan
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THE JAPAN TIMES
West Japan Railway Co. is launching a bullet train Saturday decorated with images of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area that opened last July at Universal Studios Japan in the city of Osaka.
The Harry Potter train will run on JR West’s Sanyo Shinkansen Line and Kyushu Ra...
West Japan Railway Co. is launching a bullet train Saturday decorated with images of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area that opened last July at Universal Studios Japan in the city of Osaka.
The Harry Potter train will run on JR West’s Sanyo Shinkansen Line and Kyushu Ra...
- February 18, 2015
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