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The average summer bonus for employees of major companies in Japan has now increased for the fourth year in a row.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 14, 2025
Summer bonuses at major Japan firms hit record
The shipbuilding, retail and finance sectors all posted significant jumps, while both the steel and service industries saw an overall decline.
"I don't want to scare a company from ever hiring a blind person again,” said Emeline Lakrout. But she and others want change.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 13, 2025
‘PowerPoint broke me’: The challenges for blind professionals
"I don't want to scare a company from ever hiring a blind person again,” said Emeline Lakrout. But she and others want change.
False social media stories about Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba planning mass immigration obscure Japan’s real and growing reliance on foreign labor.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 12, 2025
Japan needs an immigration debate, not social media myths
There’s no mass immigration from the Global South into Japan, though you might not know that if you primarily consume your news on social media.
According to the latest survey conducted by the labor ministry, Japanese companies' employment rate of workers with disabilities was 2.4%.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 12, 2025
Japan firms facing challenge of employing more workers with disabilities
According to the latest survey conducted by the labor ministry, Japanese companies' employment rate of disabled people was 2.4%.
Japan Coast Guard officials take part in joint antipiracy exercises with the Indonesia Coast Guard, held off the coast of Jakarta in January.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 12, 2025
Staffing difficulties leave Japan Coast Guard stretched
Applications for officer posts have fallen, while turnover has increased, especially among younger members.
A chartered plane transporting South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid last week arrives at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2025
South Korean workers arrive home after U.S. detention
South Koreans made up the majority of the 475 people arrested at a Hyundai-LG battery factory site in the state of Georgia last week.
Detainees at a joint facility of Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2025
LG's other U.S. sites see exodus of South Korean workers after raid: sources
Visa concerns following last week's immigration raid on LG Energy Solution's joint facility with Hyundai Motor have led South Korean workers to head home.
Detainees are made to stand against a bus during a raid by federal agents on a Hyundai facility in Ellabell, Georgia, last week.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 11, 2025
Many arrested at Hyundai's U.S. facility appear to be working legally: lawyer
"They just arrested everyone who wasn't a citizen or a resident and figured they would sort it out later," said a lawyer representing more than a dozen workers.
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 8, 2025
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Hotels hit by labor shortage hope to reduce their burden, while restaurants and the local community aim to attract more visitors.
Minimum hourly wages in Japan's 47 prefectures are set to average ¥1,121, up by a record ¥66 from the previous year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2025
Japan to hike minimum wage by record amount, backing BOJ’s rate hikes
A record 6.3% increase takes the minimum wage to an average of ¥1,121 per hour across the country's 47 prefectures, the largest increase since 1978.
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in a UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Aug. 19.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2025
Coffee and cash: How Hamas pays its civil servants in secret
The Hamas-run government in Gaza is still paying some salaries to employees, at least in part and with delays.
Japan's nominal wages increased 4.1% in July from a year earlier, marking the steepest increase since December.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 5, 2025
Japan's wages make biggest gain in seven months, backing case for rate hike
Real wages also rose for the first time this year in July, edging up by 0.5%.
"Animator Skill Test Textbook” was written in concert with a test created and administered by the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association since 2024. The test was designed to help set a baseline for those studying animation, and so that animation studios can get a better idea of applicants' current skill level.
CULTURE / Books
Sep 4, 2025
English textbook targets a skills gap in Japan’s growing anime industry
From "dōga" to “lip flap,” the Nippon Anime & Film Culture Association’s "Animator Skill Test Textbook" teaches aspiring animators how to talk like the pros.
A robot serves as a porter at Mita Garden Hills, a large apartment in Tokyo.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2025
Robots increasingly used in Japan to enhance business efficiency
As the country needs to address labor shortages urgently, companies and workers are exploring how robots and humans can work together better for business efficiency.
A Citibank branch in Tokyo. Amid a talent war, the New York-based lender tried to convince a senior executive of equity distribution in Tokyo and his junior colleague to stay after they tendered resignations.
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2025
Citigroup asks two Japan bankers to rethink leaving in talent war
The negotiations highlight the challenges facing global and local financial firms in Japan to retain top staff and attract newcomers.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 2.3% in July, down 0.2 points from the previous month, according to the internal affairs ministry.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 29, 2025
Japan's unemployment rate falls to 2.3% in July
The number of jobless people decreased 4.7% to 1.64 million as more people found new jobs after leaving their previous positions for better opportunities.
The lawsuit accused U.S. President Donald Trump of violating Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's right to due process under the Constitution by firing her without notice or a hearing.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025
Fed Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump over his attempt to fire her
The case is likely headed to the Supreme Court, where a conservative majority has at least tentatively allowed Trump to fire officials from other agencies.
Nomura Holdings will require employees in Japan to spend two days a week in the office, double the current requirement.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025
Nomura doubles minimum work-from-office requirement in Japan
The change is scheduled to take effect in spring next year, putting staff in Japan on par with Nomura’s global employees.
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 25, 2025
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
Many prefectures are choosing increases higher than the 6% suggested by the ministry.
The education ministry plans to implement reskilling programs to achieve wage hikes for essential workers and the employment ice age generation.
BUSINESS
Aug 25, 2025
Japan to promote vocational reskilling to target wage increases
The initiative will be carried out in collaboration with companies specializing in digital technology and will help participants acquire productivity-boosting skills.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.

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