Japan called on the United States to join forces in stopping China from taking market-distorting investment practices in a bilateral finance leaders' meeting, a senior Japanese finance ministry official said on Thursday. During the meeting with his U.S ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s demographic time bomb: can a calendar help Otari’s single men find love?
Seigo Fujiwara, a Japan Post deliveryman, from the Otari village annual calendar. Photograph: Otari village office Keito Kobayashi has swapped his usual work clothes for the uniform of his second job as a volunteer firefighter. He is, the caption in the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s labor market has been experiencing a phenomenon for years
The country's immigration policy is a factor in its labor market dynamics. Japan has one of the lowest unemployment rates globally. Business surveys continue to indicate significant labour shortages and the working age population is no longer growing. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s $2,700 answer to the Amazon Echo could make the country’s sex crisis even worse
Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is in the negative, where deaths are outpacing births. Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing. But let's be clear: Population change is a complicated subject affected by many factors. Western media ... ( read original story ...)
‘Pregnancy rotas’ add to Japan working women’s woes
Tokyo: Sayako had been trying to conceive a second child for two years when her boss at a Japanese daycare centre suggested she stop because she had missed her “turn”. Sayako, who spoke to AFP using a pseudonym, learned her boss had an unwritten policy ... ( read original story ...)
The $2,700 answer to Amazon’s Echo could make Japan’s sex crisis even worse
Japan has a sex problem. The country's birthrate is in the negative, where deaths are outpacing births. Simply put, Japan's population is decreasing. But let's be clear: Population change is a complicated subject affected by many factors. Western media ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees record population drop as birthrate hits record low and marriages fall
The news comes amid a dramatic slowdown in marriages. The number of marriages also fell to a post-war low of 606,863, down by 13,668 from the previous year. Forget millennials – Japan Airlines wants their grandparents on its new budget carrier The ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese scientists probe the mysteries of food texture
TOKYO -- Food companies are watching with keen interest as researchers in Japan delve into the nuts and bolts of sensations like "crispness" and "springiness." Their findings are expected to lead to new and more appetizing products. Taste, aroma and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan urges caution on any North Korea agreement
Japan's defence minister has urged the international community to keep sanctions and surveillance on North Korea, saying it has a history of reneging on agreements. Itsunori Onodera said North Korea agreed to give up nuclear weapons as early as 1994, but ... ( read original story ...)
Need to buy an unlocked used phone in Osaka? – Osaka Forum
If you're in Osaka and find that you need to buy a good ... On google street view the roller door of the business can be seen partly open. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Shibuya regeneration to boost tourism and creative industry
The Japanese Government and Tokyo Metropolitan Government are banking on these investments ... Property investors and entrepreneurs will find it easier than ever to do business in a city currently ranked third in the world by the Global Power City Index ... ( read original story ...)
Tips accepted in Tokyo? – Tokyo Forum
It's bad practice when they state the prices on internet to appease potential clients then demand more on the spot- such practice is alien to Japanese standard business conducts. Don't pay tips in such cases. I lived for a while in a country where a client ... ( read original story ...)
This Week(End): Tokyo Area Events For June 2-3
Either way, it will be a great start of the month! Enjoy! Join FEW, Tokyo's leading international female business and social networking organization, for its biannual career strategy event, a day-long event full of seminars, workshops and networking ... ( read original story ...)
Toshiba Memory sale another sign of a Japan past its prime
But many of the engineers interviewed by Nikkei complained that Japanese executives do not understand what the semiconductor business is all about. These engineers think this lack of aptitude led to poor and slow decision-making when it came to research ... ( read original story ...)
Book sale planned for Nikkei Centre in Burnaby
Nikkei Centre has a truckload of books for you. The centre is hosting a book sale on June 8 to 9. Don’t miss this chance to buy hard-to-find Japanese-language books in Vancouver. The centre has over 40,000 used Japanese novels, manga, and children’s ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka, Danang emerge as popular destinations for S. Korean tourists: ticket seller
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The Japanese city of Osaka and the Vietnamese central coastal city of Danang have became two of the most popular tourist destinations for South Koreans this year, an online ticket seller said Sunday. Osaka topped the list of the ... ( read original story ...)