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Over 80 Nursing Homes In Japan Went Bankrupt In First Half
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JAPAN TIMES
A severe labor shortage and rising prices are weighing heavily on Japan's nursing care providers, with 81 nursing homes going bankrupt over the past six months, a Tokyo-based research center has said.
This is the highest number recorded for the first half of the year since the nursi...
A severe labor shortage and rising prices are weighing heavily on Japan's nursing care providers, with 81 nursing homes going bankrupt over the past six months, a Tokyo-based research center has said.
This is the highest number recorded for the first half of the year since the nursi...
- July 4, 2024
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Japan Declares Victory In Effort To End Government Use Of Floppy Disks
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CNA
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.
By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing th...
Japan's government has finally eliminated the use of floppy disks in all its systems, two decades since their heyday, reaching a long-awaited milestone in a campaign to modernise the bureaucracy.
By the middle of last month, the Digital Agency had scrapped all 1,034 regulations governing th...
- July 4, 2024
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Japan Top Court Says Forced Sterilisation Unconstitutional
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BBC
Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s.
The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal.
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Japan's top court has ruled as unconstitutional a defunct eugenics law which saw 16,500 disabled people forcibly sterilised between the 1950s and 1990s.
The Supreme Court also ordered the government to pay damages to 11 victims, who were involved in five cases that were heard on appeal.
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- July 3, 2024
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Woman Arrested For Letting Newborn Baby Die At Home Says She Was Pessimistic About Future
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JAPAN TODAY
A 22-year-old unemployed woman who was arrested last month on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter at her home in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, has said she became pessimistic about her and the baby's future and that she didn't know what to do after the b...
A 22-year-old unemployed woman who was arrested last month on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby daughter at her home in Ichikawa City, Chiba Prefecture, has said she became pessimistic about her and the baby's future and that she didn't know what to do after the b...
- July 3, 2024
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EU-Japan Data Deal Kicks In
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RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL NEWS
Free flows of data are part of broader initiative to boost innovation and technology ties
Data can now flow freely between organisations in the EU and Japan, under a deal that kicked in on 1 July.
According to the European Commission, the deal “will facilitate busines...
Free flows of data are part of broader initiative to boost innovation and technology ties
Data can now flow freely between organisations in the EU and Japan, under a deal that kicked in on 1 July.
According to the European Commission, the deal “will facilitate busines...
- July 2, 2024
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Japan's Skateboarding Youth Turn Street Culture Into Olympic Gold
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JAPAN TODAY
Japan used to think skateboarding was a pastime for delinquents but the country has grown into a global powerhouse in the sport and is expected to dominate at this month's Paris Olympics.
Children as young as six can be seen zipping up ramps and grinding down rails at skate parks al...
Japan used to think skateboarding was a pastime for delinquents but the country has grown into a global powerhouse in the sport and is expected to dominate at this month's Paris Olympics.
Children as young as six can be seen zipping up ramps and grinding down rails at skate parks al...
- July 2, 2024
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‘First’ Church In Japan Celebrates 150th Anniversary
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VATICAN NEWS
Tsukiji Church, a cornerstone of Catholic heritage in Tokyo, celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass on June 30, presided over by Archbishop Isao Kikuchi.
Known also as the Old Cathedral of St. Joseph, Tsukiji Church stands as the first Catholic church in Tokyo,...
Tsukiji Church, a cornerstone of Catholic heritage in Tokyo, celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Thanksgiving Mass on June 30, presided over by Archbishop Isao Kikuchi.
Known also as the Old Cathedral of St. Joseph, Tsukiji Church stands as the first Catholic church in Tokyo,...
- July 2, 2024
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Deaths Linked to Japanese Supplement Suddenly Rise to 80
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NEW YORK TIMES
The case, involving a supplement intended to reduce cholesterol, has put attention on how companies are allowed to self-report claims about their products.
A Japanese pharmaceutical company is investigating 80 deaths possibly linked to a yeast-containing supplement it sells in Ja...
The case, involving a supplement intended to reduce cholesterol, has put attention on how companies are allowed to self-report claims about their products.
A Japanese pharmaceutical company is investigating 80 deaths possibly linked to a yeast-containing supplement it sells in Ja...
- June 29, 2024
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Ex-Defense Minister Ishiba Mulls Running In LDP Leadership Race
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JAPAN TODAY
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to run in the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in September, with an eye to becoming Japan's next prime minister, sources close to him said Friday.
Political pundits said that if he runs, House of Repres...
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba is preparing to run in the presidential election of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in September, with an eye to becoming Japan's next prime minister, sources close to him said Friday.
Political pundits said that if he runs, House of Repres...
- June 29, 2024
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Japan Renounces Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
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ARAB NEWS
The Japanese government has said that it has no intention to develop lethal autonomous weapons systems and that such weapons should not be approved internationally.
Japan plans to play an active role in making international rules on lethal autonomous weapons systems, which are capable...
The Japanese government has said that it has no intention to develop lethal autonomous weapons systems and that such weapons should not be approved internationally.
Japan plans to play an active role in making international rules on lethal autonomous weapons systems, which are capable...
- June 29, 2024
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