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U S SUITS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2018
U.S. Supreme Court split on Google privacy settlement in class action suits
U.S. Supreme Court justices, in an internet privacy case involving Google, disagreed on Wednesday over whether to rein in a form of settlement in class action lawsuits that awards money to charities and other third parties instead of to people affected by the alleged wrongdoing.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018
Suit-style work wear helps attract young recruits to Japan's blue-collar trades
When asked to imagine a typical image of white-collar workers in Japan, salarymen in suits may come to mind.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 8, 2015
Toshiba to seek over ¥1 billion in damages from former execs
Toshiba Corp. will likely seek more than ¥1 billion in total from five former executives in a damages suit filed by the company to hold them accountable for negligence that led to an accounting scandal, sources said.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Sep 12, 2015
Traveling light
I packed a belt, socks, ties ...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 2, 2015
Drugmaker Takeda may settle Actos suits for $2.2 billion
Officials at Asia's largest drugmaker have proposed to settle more than 8,000 lawsuits in federal and state courts in the United States, according to sources who asked to remain anonymous.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Mar 1, 2015
'Omokuri Kantoku'; 3/11 commemoration; CM of the week: Aoki Suits
The word "omokuri" in the title of the variety show "Omokuri Kantoku" (Fuji TV, Sun., 9 p.m.) is a combination of the words "omoshiroii" (interesting) and "creator." The program invites several people famous in other fields to "direct" television shows based on their own ideas. Then a panel of judges, headed by comedian and director Beat Takeshi, critiques the finished products.
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2014
ASDF on mission to deliver Ebola suits to West Africa
The government decided on Friday to deliver 20,000 protective suits to West Africa via the Air Self-Defense Force next week, part of a donation of 700,000 suits to help Ebola-hit countries in the region.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 27, 2014
ASDF to deliver protective suits to Ebola-hit West Africa
Japan is preparing to have the Air Self-Defense Force deliver protective suits to West Africa next month to help Ebola-hit countries contain the outbreak and is exploring whether its planes can be used to bring infected Japanese back to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ADVANCES IN PROGRESS
Jul 13, 2014
Cyberdyne's HAL suits give lift to mobility-challenged
Robotics engineer Yoshiyuki Sankai, 56, has been driven by his passion for innovative technology for about half a century.
JAPAN
Feb 27, 2014
South Koreans sue MHI over war labor
Another group of South Korean women who were forcibly conscripted as laborers to work in a wartime factory in Nagoya run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. files suit against the company.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2014
Suit against tsunami-hit bank fails
The Sendai District Court ruled Tuesday against the plaintiffs in a damages suit brought by relatives of three bank employees killed by the huge tsunami generated by the March 11, 2011, earthquake.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2011
SDF principle in South Sudan
The government on Tuesday announced a plan to send several hundred Ground Self-Defense Force engineers to South Sudan next year as part of a U.N. peacekeeping operation. The GSDF has started procuring materials and equipment for its mission in South Sudan, which became Africa's 54th independent country in July, seceding from Sudan after many years of civil war. It is hoped that the GSDF will contribute to the improvement of infrastructure, which the country badly needs.

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