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FEES

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2018
Owners of cellphones with TV capability obliged to pay NHK, high court rules
The Tokyo High Court overturns a lower court ruling and says the owner of a cellphone with a mobile TV function is obliged to pay the NHK subscription fee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 13, 2018
April 1 marks start of Japan's new medical fees and processes
The new medical prices are out.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 13, 2017
NHK to discuss possible subscription fee cut for needy families
NHK's board of directors plan to discuss discounted viewing fees for needy families in its next three-year business plan from fiscal 2018.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2017
TV owners are legally obliged to pay NHK fee: Japan's Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says TV owners are legally required to sign up with NHK and pay a subscription fee, dismissing a claim the system violates freedom of contract rights.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 11, 2015
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa set to snip car insurance premiums for first time in over 11 years
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. is ready to trim car insurance premiums for the first time in more than 11 years, thanks to solid earnings and increased competition from online insurers, company sources said Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 25, 2015
College campuses studying on borrowed time
University students are taking out massive loans to pay for their tertiary education and generally end up facing a crippling repayment timetable that is impossible to service. We examine the alarming state of student debt and what is being done to improve conditions for those who are struggling to pay it back.
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2015
Japan to lower trademark, patent registration fees
The Japan Patent Office said Tuesday it plans to lower trademark and patent registration fees to cut the load on domestic companies amid competition from their foreign rivals and enhance trademark and patent protection.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2014
Narita airport eyes new fee for domestic travelers to boost services
Amid a rise in the number of passengers, Narita International Airport Corp. is making final arrangements for an additional fee to be levied on domestic travelers to upgrade services there, airport sources said Tuesday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 21, 2014
The fair cost of recycling
Japan's environment ministry is reviewing whether appliance recycling fees — set by manufacturers and paid by consumers since 2001 — are too high.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2014
NHK governor withheld payments for license fee
A recently appointed member of NHK's board of governors has admitted withholding payment of the license fee for two months in 2005 to protest a program about the controversial issue of whether school teachers should be required to sing the national anthem.
EDITORIALS
Jan 8, 2014
Fee hike should boost medical care
Revenue from the average 0.1 percent increase in medical fees for the 2014 draft budget is expected to be used mainly to improve emergency medicine and pediatric and obstetrical treatment — fields where quality care has declined in some localities because of shortages of physicians.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
Mount Fuji fee charged, but signs in Japanese
Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures started collecting a ¥1,000 fee from climbers of Mount Fuji on Thursday to generate money for preservation efforts at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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