How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 27, 2020
Compensation may be a matter for the 'Red Book'
A reader would like to know what they are entitled to after being hit by a car while passing through an intersection.
Seiji Yamaura
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How-tos | LIFELINES Dec 3, 2017
How do you find a missing spouse in Japan?
A reader writes: "I live in Japan with my son. His father left us nine years ago. After a couple of months, he contacted me, though he has never contacted us since then. I have never heard any news from him. I tried also ...
How-tos | LIFELINES Oct 9, 2016
Employer made me hand over my lump-sum pension payment
A reader wrote in with a question about the lump-sum withdrawal payment that foreign residents who have paid into the pension system can claim after leaving Japan.
How-tos | LIFELINES Aug 23, 2015
I've been unfairly dismissed — what can I do?
A reader asks: "I want to make the company withdraw my dismissal or get compensation from them. What options do I have?"
Editorials Jan 29, 2010
Google, China and the facts of life
Google's motto is "don't be evil." Some assert that such sentiment — common sense for most human beings — is irrelevant for a corporate entity dedicated to the pursuit of profit. Yet Google is no jordinary company. It provides the infrastructure through which a ...