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System planned to improve young workers’ job situation
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THE JAPAN NEWS
The government plans to establish a system to certify companies actively engaged in hiring young people as regular employees or continually hiring them in a bill to be submitted to the ordinary Diet session, to be convened on Jan. 26, according to sources.
The system is aimed a...
The government plans to establish a system to certify companies actively engaged in hiring young people as regular employees or continually hiring them in a bill to be submitted to the ordinary Diet session, to be convened on Jan. 26, according to sources.
The system is aimed a...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan finally has full squad together at practice
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Five days before kicking off defense of the Asian Cup, Japan finally has its full squad together at practice.
Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki and Sagan Tosu forward Yohei Toyoda rejoined their teammates in training at the Samurai Blue’s base camp here Wednesday after ...
Five days before kicking off defense of the Asian Cup, Japan finally has its full squad together at practice.
Kashima Antlers midfielder Gaku Shibasaki and Sagan Tosu forward Yohei Toyoda rejoined their teammates in training at the Samurai Blue’s base camp here Wednesday after ...
- January 8, 2015
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Outlook 2015 / Let’s think about the past, present and future
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THE JAPAN NEWS
By Takashi Yamakoshi / Yomiuri Shimbun City News Editor
“I was not able to tell anybody what I had witnessed for nearly 70 years, because I had a kind of guilty feeling over the fact that all my family members survived,” says Sumiko Akazawa, 84. She and four other family members ...
By Takashi Yamakoshi / Yomiuri Shimbun City News Editor
“I was not able to tell anybody what I had witnessed for nearly 70 years, because I had a kind of guilty feeling over the fact that all my family members survived,” says Sumiko Akazawa, 84. She and four other family members ...
- January 8, 2015
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Parts of Asia suffer slow Internet as undersea cable cut
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JAPAN TODAY
Parts of Southeast Asia are suffering slow Internet connections after an undersea cable linking the region to the U.S. was cut earlier this week.
Viettel Mobile, Vietnam’s largest mobile service operator, said Wednesday that repairing the broken cable, located in the Vietnamese se...
Parts of Southeast Asia are suffering slow Internet connections after an undersea cable linking the region to the U.S. was cut earlier this week.
Viettel Mobile, Vietnam’s largest mobile service operator, said Wednesday that repairing the broken cable, located in the Vietnamese se...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan’s hydrogen fuel cell stations begin to open, but are they worth the switch?
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ROCKET NEWS
With Toyota’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), Mirai, now available, many wait to see if this revolutionary car with take off or fall flat in Japan. On 25 December, JX Nippon Oil & Energy began selling hydrogen for these new vehicles at a cost of 1,000 yen per kilogram (US$8/...
With Toyota’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), Mirai, now available, many wait to see if this revolutionary car with take off or fall flat in Japan. On 25 December, JX Nippon Oil & Energy began selling hydrogen for these new vehicles at a cost of 1,000 yen per kilogram (US$8/...
- January 8, 2015
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Survey reveals 55 percent of women in Japan wouldn’t marry a divorced man
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ROCKET NEWS
With people generally getting married at a later age than in our parents’ generation, it sometimes feels like we have to throw out the whole rule book on marriage and starting a family in order to write a brand new one. But what do you do when your potential partner already has a bu...
With people generally getting married at a later age than in our parents’ generation, it sometimes feels like we have to throw out the whole rule book on marriage and starting a family in order to write a brand new one. But what do you do when your potential partner already has a bu...
- January 8, 2015
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Hyogo Prefecture starts operation of solar plant
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JAPAN TODAY
The government of Hyogo Prefecture has started operating a 5MW solar power plant in the Harima Science Garden City.
The installation area is 6 hectares. The plant is expected to generate about 5,000,000kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to the amount consumed by 1,400 househo...
The government of Hyogo Prefecture has started operating a 5MW solar power plant in the Harima Science Garden City.
The installation area is 6 hectares. The plant is expected to generate about 5,000,000kWh of electricity, which is equivalent to the amount consumed by 1,400 househo...
- January 8, 2015
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Japanese Government to assist Vietnam with urban development
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THE JAPAN NEWS
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota and Vietnamese Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung signed memorandums of understanding on Saturday to promote bilateral cooperation in eight areas, including urban development in Vietnam.
The eight areas also in...
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Akihiro Ota and Vietnamese Construction Minister Trinh Dinh Dung signed memorandums of understanding on Saturday to promote bilateral cooperation in eight areas, including urban development in Vietnam.
The eight areas also in...
- January 8, 2015
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Japan strike twice to beat Auckland City FC 2-0 in Asian Cup warmup in Cessnock
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The Japan national team have had to rely on a deflected shot and a last-minute goal to beat New Zealand club champion Auckland City 2-0 in a pre-Asian Cup friendly in Australia.
J-League superstar Yasuhito Endo's long-range shot took a deflection and hurtled past Auckland keeper Tamati ...
The Japan national team have had to rely on a deflected shot and a last-minute goal to beat New Zealand club champion Auckland City 2-0 in a pre-Asian Cup friendly in Australia.
J-League superstar Yasuhito Endo's long-range shot took a deflection and hurtled past Auckland keeper Tamati ...
- January 8, 2015
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Kyoto taxi drivers reduce convenience store robberies by 48% by doing absolutely nothing
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JAPAN TODAY
Throughout 2014, Kyoto prefectural police began an initiative having taxi drivers and late-night convenience stores work together to reduce incidents of armed robbery. Although still early, the program has so far been rousing success, leading to a 48% decrease in convenience store r...
Throughout 2014, Kyoto prefectural police began an initiative having taxi drivers and late-night convenience stores work together to reduce incidents of armed robbery. Although still early, the program has so far been rousing success, leading to a 48% decrease in convenience store r...
- January 8, 2015
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