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Tokyo: Japan has released its first nationwide employer blacklist, naming-and-shaming more than 300 companies for breaching labour laws, as Tokyo ramps up efforts to tackle notoriously long work hours blamed for "karoshi", or death from overwork. The ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says he and his South Korean counterpart have agreed that dialogue for dialogue's sake with North Korea is meaningless in the wake of Pyongyang's latest missile test. Kishida says he and South Korean Foreign Minister ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Flora Duffy of Bermuda won Saturday's ITU World Triathlon Series race, finishing almost two minutes ahead of series leader Katie Zaferes of the United States. Duffy, the 2016 world champion, clocked 1 hour, 56 minutes, 18 seconds ... ( read original story ...)

May 12 Bank of Nagoya Ltd: * Says it has named Ichiro Fujiwara as the new President in the bank, to replace Masahiro Nakamura * Effective date June 23 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/uKkU8O Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) Our Standards ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA – Moritomo Gakuen will now lose its nursery school license because it can’t secure enough qualified child care specialists to staff its Osaka city-based nursery school, Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura said Friday. “After an order to suspend ... ( read original story ...)

HONOLULU -- A deaf Japanese tourist was illegally denied a sign-language interpreter while she was detained and interrogated after landing at the Honolulu International Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii said in a discrimination complaint. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO The Japanese government for the first time released a nationwide list of over 300 companies that have violated labour laws, hoping this name-and-shame tactic would help eliminate abuses and prevent "karoshi," or death by overwork. In the list ... ( read original story ...)

In February, Japan’s government launched a campaign urging employees to leave the office at 3pm – so much earlier than usual - on every last Friday of the month Reuters Numerous cases of people dying as a result of being overworked, known in Japan as ... ( read original story ...)

The investment gives SoftBank a non-controlling stake in Improbable, and, according to the Financial Times, values the British company at over 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion). The deal is the second major British investment by SoftBank in a year. Last ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka, the less glitzy cousin of Tokyo, is pulling out all the stops to put itself at the forefront of Japan's move to roll out integrated resorts (IRs), even as the national government mulls over ways to ease concerns about social ills. Osaka, which is ... ( read original story ...)

The line up for WTS Yokohama includes Olympic medallist Jonathan Brownlee. This will be Jonny’s first race of the 2017 season after having to pull out of the earlier races in Abu Dhabi and the Gold Coast. Jonny said: “It’s good to be back in Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Twitter users have called the message behind the Kyoto poster "frightening" and "pathetic", reported news portal SoraNews24. The fact that it appeared in Kyoto, a major tourist destination, was not lost on many. One Twitter user said the "self ... ( read original story ...)

With a design inspired by a Japanese lamp, a new highrise planned for 400 West Georgia Street could become a bright spot on Vancouver's often maligned architectural design scene. According to Westbank Development president Ian Gillespie, the 24 storey ... ( read original story ...)

Japan relies heavily on energy imports, with most of the country’s nuclear power plants offline since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The value of crude oil imports slid 16.1 percent from a year ago and that of liquefied natural gas slumped 26.6 ... ( read original story ...)

Back from Japan, in this article I will talk about my very first experience in Tokyo, and in particular, of what I appreciated more and less of this vibrant city the first night i walked along its streets. Tokyo in my opinion, is certainly one of those ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO Japan's current account balance posted a stronger-than-expected surplus in March on solid income from overseas investments, maintaining a run of uninterrupted monthly surpluses that has continued for almost three years. The surplus of 2.91 trillion ... ( read original story ...)