December 15, 2018
Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Law (see below) set to take effect in April next year, foreign workers in the nursing care business will be in supplementary roles such as helping the elderly with eating and bathing at relevant facilities, and basically will not provide...
The government on Friday started landfill work, depositing soil and sand in the coastal area of the Henoko district in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where land will be reclaimed and used for the replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma Air Station, marking the start of a new phase in th...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the end of a two-day manhunt, French authorities said. The Paris prosecutor’s office, which handles terror cases in Franc...
BEIJING (AP) — China confirmed Thursday that it has detained two Canadian men, raising the stakes in a three-way dispute over a Chinese technology executive facing possible extradition from Canada ...
PARIS (Reuters) — The French government is seeking candidates to replace Renault’s embattled boss Carlos Ghosn, sources told Reuters, as board members began to voice doubts about keeping him in o...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Advisers to U.S. President Donald Trump have told him his options are limited in the legal case of a Huawei Technologies Co. executive fighting extradition to the United Stat...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Arrowhead Stadium was already emptying by the time Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers jogged to the locker room, triumphantly waving his hand as a satisfying cascade of boos ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday announced a sharp refocus of its Africa strategy to counter what it called the “predatory” practices of China and Russia, which are “del...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) — European Union leaders assured British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday that the Brexit treaty she agreed to last month but is struggling to get through British parliamen...
Starbucks Corp. said on Thursday it was partnering with UberEats for delivery from about 3,500 U.S. stores and would nearly double its outlets in China over the next four years, but forecast that sam...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit surged to a record for the month of November of $204.9 billion, but a big part of the increase reflected a calendar quirk. In its monthly budget repor...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Hemp is about to get the nod from the U.S. federal government that marijuana, its cannabis plant cousin, craves. A provision of the farm bill that received final approval in...
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. government officials on Thursday hailed China’s first meager purchase of U.S. soybeans since its trade war with the United States began in July and said they ho...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said General Motors Co.’s decision to shift much of its focus to electric vehicles will not succeed, and he asserted a new trade deal...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, that will create at least 5,000 jobs ranging from engineers to call-center agents while adding more luster to a South...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy delivered a record-setting performance after sitting out a month. Tampa Bay’s goalie made a career-high 48 saves in his return from a broken left foot and th...
BEIJING (AFP-Jiji) — Chinese consumer spending grew at its slowest pace in 15 years and factories eased up in November, official data showed Friday, raising the prospect of fresh stimulus measures a...
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. is asking courts in China to ban sales of Apple Inc.’s latest iPhone models XS and XR after winning a preliminary injunction against older models, the company confirmed on T...
Instacart said on Thursday it will stop delivering groceries for Whole Foods next year, ending a partnership that has been under stress since Amazon.com Inc. bought the upmarket grocer last year. A...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Yamaha Motor Co. said Thursday that it will invest $150 million in Grab Holding Inc. to collaborate in motorcycle ride-hailing services in Southeast Asia, mainly in Indonesia. ...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A total of 1,686 firms in the nation will celebrate their 100th year in business next year, according to a survey by Teikoku Databank Ltd., a credit research company. They inc...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of visitors to Japan in 2018 is expected to reach 30 million as early as next week, tourism minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday. It would be the first time for Japa...
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan Tobacco Inc. said Thursday that it has ended its annual smoking rate survey launched in 1965. JT found it difficult to maintain the reliability of the survey as some mun...
A test car of a new Shinkansen bullet train model featuring a longer nose to reduce noise when entering tunnels is unveiled Wednesday at Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s factory in Hyogo Ward, Kobe...
The kanji character most symbolic of this year was “sai” (disaster), according to the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation in Kyoto. On Wednesday, Seihan Mori, the head priest of Kiyomizudera...
YOKOHAMA (Jiji Press) — Humanoid robots started introducing sightseeing spots in Yokohama to visitors at the observation deck of the Landmark Tower on Tuesday. Able to speak in English and Chinese...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a wild Oval Office confrontation, President Donald Trump heatedly threatened to shut down the U.S. government Tuesday as he and Democratic leaders bickered over funding for his ...
The government plans to possess the capability to jam hostile communication satellites in outer space, a new policy stipulated in a draft outline of the next National Defense Program Guidelines set t...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a female worker in my 60s. I’m worried about how to deal with a case of ongoing fraud at the medical institution where I work. The person in charge of payroll calculat...
PARIS (AP) — France’s wave of protests and violence over the past month or so has already cost the eurozone’s second-largest economy a fortune. Road blockades, demonstrations and successive we...
This is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Dec. 6 issue. * * * I remember the time when I had to study physics unwillingly. You had to learn about p...
TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Bloomberg) — ABB Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. said they are in talks for a deal on power grids after the Swiss engineering giant was reported to be considering putting the division on the ...
Dear Troubleshooter: I’m a male company employee in my 20s, and I have some doubts about my workplace. I started working at this office in spring. At first, I left the office on time and turned dow...
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Southampton may be known for Japanese football player Maya Yoshida, who plays for Southampton FC, or for its famous port where the RMS Titanic departed before sinking. The reason why I am studying he...
This is a translation of the Henshu Techo column from The Yomiuri Shimbun’s Dec. 6 issue. * * * I remember the time when I had to study physics unwillingly. You had to learn about p...
NEW YORK — After being nearly muted at this year’s ceremony, the 2019 Grammys are shaping up to be the year of the woman, with powerful female voices representing the majority in two of the top ca...
LOS ANGELES — To say Andy Serkis has been through the wringer with his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” is a bit of an understatement. It was always going to be an ambitious p...
LOS ANGELES (AFP-Jiji) — U.S. comedian and actor Kevin Hart on Dec. 6 abruptly withdrew from hosting the Oscars amid flack for past homophobic tweets. Two days after announcing he had landed what h...
