The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry is considering giving all employees the option of telecommuting once a month, in light of last month's launch of the public-private national "Telework Day" campaign. The ministry will designate a specific day each month as Telework Day ...
Taro Kono's appointment as the new foreign minister is raising eyebrows. Though he hasn't shown any indication that he will buck Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's agenda, Kono is considered a leftish maverick within the Liberal Democratic Party, especially with regard to its nuclear energy ...
Industrial production in June rose 1.6 percent from the previous month, lifted by a recovery in passenger cars and other transport equipment, government data showed Monday, with analysts predicting output will continue to grow. The rise in production follows a revised 3.6 percent fall in ...
The Japanese government plans to export its expertise in renewable energy technologies such as low-emitting geothermal, solar and hydrogen power to emerging economies, a government source said Wednesday. The move reflects an expected rise in demand for energy technology that emits limited amounts of carbon ...
The economy ministry has taken punitive action against major ad agency Dentsu Inc. for its violation of labor law standards, telling the firm it cannot participate in the bidding process for its new projects for a month. The order, issued by the Ministry of Economy, ...
Government officials Wednesday raided the offices of Shoko Chukin Bank, a state-linked lender for small and medium-sized firms, over improper loans issued under a state-backed program to help crisis-hit companies. The Financial Services Agency, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Finance Ministry ...
Japan's trade ministry said Tuesday the number of "problematic" anti-dumping measures is rising, citing South Korean stainless steel and U.S. steel sheet trade cases as among priority issues to tackle. In its annual report on unfair trade practices, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ...
In a surprise, nearly 70 percent of shoppers in a Fukuoka town agreed to provide their names, addresses, purchase histories and other personal information for the government's first experiment with electronic receipts, it has been learned. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which conducted ...
About a quarter of all approved clean-energy projects in Japan may no longer qualify for government incentives after failing to meet a deadline to secure grid access, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. About 456,000 projects totaling 27.7 gigawatts ...
Hedge fund manager Jamie Rosenwald is excited about tax reform, but it has nothing to do with Trump trades. While U.S. politicians grapple with partisan rancor, Japanese bureaucrats at a ministry once renowned for overseeing the nation's industrial policy have been rolling out tax changes ...
Japan’s public and private sectors are discussing forming a consortium to bid for Toshiba’s vaunted memory chip unit to protect its technology from falling into foreign hands.
In February, American comedian Atsugiri Jason remarked on a Fuji TV talk show that one of the "demerits" of being a foreign TV personality in Japan is that he can't publicly say he thinks those aspects of Japanese culture which Japanese people believe are ...
