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Some 345,000 blue-collar foreign workers may join the workforce through the first five years of a new working visa system set to be introduced in April — if it wins Diet approval.
Not every Japanese entrepreneur manages to launch a startup in Silicon Valley, and odds are even lower if that person wants to take on the challenge of the U.S. housing market. But this is an adventure that Takeshi Homma has embarked on with his company, ...
The Fukuoka Municipal Government has issued administrative guidance to a Hilton hotel after it refused to accommodate Cuban diplomats in October due to U.S. economic sanctions.
Natural disasters this summer combined with global trade frictions were behind the economy’s sluggish third-quarter performance, making GDP fall at an annualized rate of 1.2 percent, government data showed.
SoftBank Group Corp. is continuing to push money into one of its biggest investments: WeWork Cos. The New York-based co-working company signed a $3 billion warrant with SoftBank, WeWork said Tuesday in a discussion of its third-quarter earnings. SoftBank agreed to pay $3 billion to ...
On the evening of Oct. 1, Dr. Tasuku Honjo was in his office at Kyoto University discussing a manuscript with two of his colleagues when a secretary came dashing in to announce there was a call from Sweden. Could he take it? Shortly afterward, details ...
Keio University is poised to conduct the world’s first treatment of patients who have sustained spinal cord injuries using induced pluripotent stem cells, sources said Tuesday.
Vice President Mike Pence has undertaken a kind of "freedom of navigation" operation of his own over the disputed South China Sea, an interview published Tuesday revealed ahead of Pence's visit to Singapore for a series of meetings in the region. In an interview with ...
Paradise, California, had long prepared for wildfires. But only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of "mega-fire" that last week destroyed most of the town — and is becoming a common occurrence in the state. Born of tinder-dry conditions and erratic winds, ...
The talent agency that represents K-pop group BTS on Tuesday apologized over one of its members wearing an offensive T-shirt that depicted an atomic bomb exploding over Japan, and other members having earlier worn hats that carried the Nazi guard insignia. In a statement, agency ...
Prime Minister Theresa May has clinched a Brexit deal with the European Union after months of deadlock. She now has to convince a skeptical Cabinet that it's not a sellout and overcome near impossible odds to get it through Parliament. Negotiators have settled on a ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that the government will soon reveal estimates of worker shortages that will effectively function as a cap on the number of foreign workers to be admitted under a new visa system currently being deliberated by the Diet. As he ...
Whether China embraces economic globalism or self-reliance is a matter of grave consequence for the world.
The new visa system will lack durability unless the needs of employers, local communities and foreigners are balanced.
The deepening relationship between Japan and India serves the goal of forestalling the emergence of a China-centric Asia.
Everybody knows that it is hard to make a good living from writing alone. However, every aspiring writer I've met has thought they might end up as that one-in-a-million exception to the rule. Most learn the hard truth in their 20s, but some have ...
Those long commutes to work can be rough, luckily smartphones can help pass the time.
Tiger and Sazzles, two tiny kittens found abandoned and in need of a home, have found a stupendous one with the Oue family in Kanagawa.
Public broadcaster NHK announced Wednesday the lineup for its annual New Year's Eve music extravaganza, but K-pop group BTS — under fire recently for a controversial T-shirt worn by one of its members — was not included. Popular groups like Da Pump and Ikimonogakari, which ...
Kisenosato fell to his fourth straight loss on Wednesday, becoming the first yokozuna to suffer four consecutive losses from the start of a tournament in 87 years. Kisenosato, the sole yokozuna competing, logged the unwanted record in a loss to rank-and-filer Tochiozan at Fukuoka Kokusai ...
Albirex Niigata fans have had very little to cheer about this season. The Denka Swan Stadium residents, who once boasted the biggest crowds in the J. League's first division despite never mounting any serious title challenges, struggled in their first year back in the league's ...
Oakland's Bob Melvin was voted Manager of the Year for the third time, winning the American League honor after leading the Athletics to the playoffs despite the lowest opening-day payroll in the major leagues. Atlanta's Brian Snitker won the National League award for leading the ...
Hotaka Yamakawa may be Japan's premier home run hitter, but this past week has taught him how much more he has to learn. After leading both of Japan's elite leagues this year with 47 home runs, the 26-year-old Seibu Lions first baseman was looking to ...
Following a straight-sets upset over six-time champion Roger Federer in his opening match, Kei Nishikori came crashing back to earth with a 6-0, 6-1 loss against South Africa's Kevin Anderson at the ATP Finals on Tuesday. After beating Anderson earlier this month at the ATP ...
