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Dentsu Inc.’s branch office in Nagoya received an order from a local labor standards office in August 2010 to stop forcing employees to work illegally long hours, sources said Saturday. Branch offices of the Japanese advertising iant in Osaka ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan early Saturday, but no damage or casualties were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit 12 kilometres from Onagawa near Sendai at 6:42 a.m. No tsunami warning was ... ( read original story ...)

Nov 11 Snow Peak Inc : * Says it set up 66.7-percent-owned JV Snow Peak Business Solutions, Inc. in Nagoya on July 1 * Says the JV is capitalized at 30 million yen Source text in Japanese:goo.gl/EXdBXh Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News ... ( read original story ...)

"Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3 will allegedly feature a new protagonist, Touka Kirishima. Check out the details below. (Photo : Ramen Republic/YouTube) "Tokyo Ghoul" Season 3 has been getting a lot of hype lately as the phenomenal animated series has been ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO - Nintendo Co. is ending sales in Japan of its Wii U home console "soon," although it's not saying exactly when, and similar announcements are expected in other regions. The Wii U, which went on sale from late 2012, is being replaced by Switch, set ... ( read original story ...)

Japan and India have signed a civil nuclear agreement after talks in Tokyo between their two leaders. Japan will supply fuel, equipment and technology to India, which wants more nuclear-generated electricity for its rapidly growing population. The accord ... ( read original story ...)

Dave Mustaine went lingerie shopping with his wife in Tokyo, Japan prior to hosting this week's Classic Rock Roll Of Honour. The MEGADETH mainman shared video footage of the experience via his Periscope account. The Classic Rock Roll Of Honour awards show ... ( read original story ...)

HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of he body of an elderly woman inside her residence in Sapporo, reports TBS News (Nov. 10). At around 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the husband of Ryoko Naya ... ( read original story ...)

He told BBC News he had tried to help translating for the foreigner ... The confusingly named tea is a product of Japanese beverage giant Pokka Sapporo. The drink "encourages people to be free from a stress-filled society," read an official description ... ( read original story ...)

NewsPicks is a Japan-oriented financial news website focused on new technologies and IT, using corporate reporters to target young, tech-savvy readers. This is according to the company’s reporters themselves, who are newly recruited from the “old media ... ( read original story ...)

but did not discuss the trans-Pacific trade pact and other contentious issues such as the cost of American troops in Japan. Kyodo News agency additionally reported that Trump praised the Japanese premier’s “Abenomics” economic measures. ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – A small town is hoping that teaching English to its young people will get it noticed, attracting a few of the many foreign tourists on their way to Osaka via the neighboring international airport. Elementary and junior high school students in ... ( read original story ...)

but did not discuss the trans-Pacific trade pact and other contentious issues such as the cost of American troops in Japan. Kyodo News agency additionally reported that Trump praised the Japanese premier's "Abenomics" economic measures. ( read original story ...)

Japanese firm On-Art Corp. unveiled human-operated robotic models of raptors, an allosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus rex, in a performance at a hotel hall. At one point, the T. rex even appeared to bite the head of a pretend caretaker. Around eight metres high ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Jiji news agency reported on Thursday. Jiji said the pair had talked by telephone and had confirmed close cooperation between their two nations. (Reporting by Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Paul Tait) ( read original story ...)

In a world where users have access to torrents of online information, BuzzFeed Japan sees vetting and correcting stories published by other media as one of its major reasons for being. Major media outlets are “very powerful, and it’s meaningful to run ... ( read original story ...)