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Friday’s ruling and similar recent decisions against Japanese firms have drawn protests from Tokyo, and chilled already frosty ties between the two countries.
The rework was required after the government was revealed to have published a monthly labor survey without having collected sufficient data over a 15-year period.
Nissan said it views the payments as a result of misconduct and will weigh measures to recover the full sum.
Instead of a worm, Tokyo's early bird commuters could get free soba noodles with tempura if enough of them take part in a new plan to ease congestion on a busy line in the capital. Under the plan, announced this week by Tokyo Metro Co., ...
Two months after the arrest of its chairman stunned Nissan Motor Co. and the entire global automotive industry, the carmaker is weighing abolishing the role altogether as it steps up reforms to rebuild its governance. Carlos Ghosn's downfall — the auto titan is accused of ...
For years, retail currency investors were known as "Mrs. Watanabes," a reference to the metaphorical housewife who invests family savings mostly in foreign exchange. Now, a younger generation of women is looking at a wider asset range in which to park investments. Like their elders, ...
Mathematics teacher and puzzle creator Tetsuya Miyamoto says he's probably watched Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" at least 20 times. Miyamoto, whose numerical and logical puzzle KenKen has achieved worldwide success over the past decade, was inspired as a teacher by the iconic scene in ...
Officials are trying to verify if a drawing of a rat holding an umbrella, spray painted near a monorail station in central Tokyo, is the work of the famous and mysterious British street artist Banksy. "We noticed there is a drawing of a rat spray ...
Hong Kong's government says it needs to build billions of dollars' worth of artificial islands to give the city's glittering skyline room to grow, but critics say developers are hoarding unused land that could solve the problem. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam estimates the ...
Numerous wooden boats believed to have drifted from North Korea to Tohoku's Sea of Japan coast have been left where they washed up as local residents lack the financial resources to dispose of them. Local governments cannot keep pace with the number of abandoned boats, ...
Saturn's rings are younger than scientists thought and appeared within the last 10 to 100 million years, according to research published Thursday based on findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The sixth planet from the sun formed about 4.5 billion years ago, along with the rest ...
Dark clouds hang over the future of Japanese universities due to the government's failure to recognize the importance of education and research.
While the gamesmanship is amusing from a distance, the U.S. federal government shutdown is exacting a painful toll on the U.S. economy, which is certain to ripple across the global economy.
We pay a high price for economic flexibility, but benefit enormously from the rising living standards it produces.
The Madarao Kogen ski resort prides itself on two things: its powder snow ("Madapow!") — enjoying over 10 meters of fresh snow annually — and its tree skiing. It is less well-known than some of its rivals within the prefecture, but that just ...
Need winter sports equipment? The Kanda-Ogawamachi district to the east of Jinbocho Station is far and away the best place to purchase ski and snowboard gear in the capital.
The first-ever scientific study of the oldest known drawing by Leonardo da Vinci has found that he added details to an earlier sketch of a countryside landscape, said the Uffizi Galleries, whose collections include the fragile work. The Galleries said the 1473 "Landscape Drawing for ...
CBS's former CEO, Leslie Moonves, fired over sexual abuse allegations, is taking the television network to arbitration to try to get $120 million in severance it refused to pay him. CBS and Moonves had agreed in September when he was fired that he had the ...
Bangladesh has banned a film based on a 2016 cafe attack claimed by the Islamic State group that left 22 people dead, saying it would damage the country's reputation. The Film Censor Board denied the theatrical release of "Shonibar Bikele," a decision the movie's director ...
Former New York Knicks forward Cleanthony Early scored a game-high 42 points and grabbed 22 rebounds to guide the visiting Hachioji Bee Trains past the Aomori Wat's on Friday night. The Bee Trains' 82-71 victory snapped their 20-game losing streak that began in early November. Coach ...
Sara Takanashi remained winless but matched her best result of the season with a second-place finish in Friday's ski jumping World Cup competition. The 22-year-old Takanashi, who dominated the women's World Cup circuit last season, scored 203.5 points for her two jumps to edge Austria's ...
Yokozuna Hakuho stayed undefeated to remain in a tie for the lead with rank-and-file wrestler Onosho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. The sole competing yokozuna following the retirement of Kisenosato and injury withdrawal of Kakuryu, Hakuho continued his quest for an ...
The six annual honbasho (tournaments) are the fulcrum around which the sumo world turns. Ninety days a year sumo wrestlers participate in events whose outcome determines not only how high or low they will be ranked but also what clothes they can wear, whether or ...
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and U.S. Open winner Naomi Osaka have been nominated for prestigious honors by the Laureus World Sports Awards, it was announced on Thursday. Hanyu, who came back from a serious ankle injury to become the first man to repeat as ...
Mitchell Marner scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped Tampa Bay's nine-game home winning streak in a 4-2 win over the Lightning on Thursday. Nazem Kadri and Patrick Marleau had a goal and an assist, Zach Hyman scored ...
An investigative journalist in Ghana who helped expose a high-ranking official at world soccer body FIFA as corrupt was shot dead by gunmen on a motorbike as he drove home alone at night, police said Thursday. His employers said he was assassinated. Ahmed Hussein-Suale was killed ...
Phil Mickelson still feels as young as ever. He still plays that way, too. Mickelson began his 27th full season as a pro Thursday by flirting with one of the few feats he hasn't accomplished — golf's magic number. The 48-year-old left-hander still shot a ...
Grand champion Kakuryu has pulled out of the ongoing New Year Grand Sumo Tournament because of pain in his right ankle, his stablemaster Izutsu said Friday, the sixth day of the basho. The withdrawal of the 33-year-old leaves just one yokozuna in the 15-day tournament ...
Defender Tsukasa Shiotani scored his first international goal for the win as Japan fought back to beat Uzbekistan 2-1 and clinch the top spot in Group F at the AFC Asian Cup on Thursday night. Striker Yoshinori Muto netted his first Samurai Blue goal in ...
