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LABOUR: Japanese Firms Lose Patience with Workers’ Flexitime
Sumie Kubo, 36, a salaried worker, opted for flexible working hours in her company in April 2000 to beat what she describes as job exhaustion.LABOUR: Japanese Firms Lose Patience with Workers’ Flexitime
Sumie Kubo, 36, a salaried worker, opted for flexible working hours in her company in April 2000 to beat what she describes as job exhaustion.LABOUR: Japanese Firms Lose Patience with Workers’ Flexitime
Sumie Kubo, 36, a salaried worker, opted for flexible working hours in her company in April 2000 to beat what she describes as job exhaustion.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Elderly Borrowers Accuse Banks of Deceit
Michiko Sugano, 63, is fighting a desperate battle against a powerful enemy - Japan's Asahi Bank, which has sued 17 senior citizens and wants them to pay back the funds they had borrowed to put in what later turned out to be dubious investments.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Elderly Borrowers Accuse Banks of Deceit
Michiko Sugano, 63, is fighting a desperate battle against a powerful enemy -- Japan's Asahi Bank, which has sued 17 senior citizens and wants them to pay back the funds they had borrowed to put in what later turned out to be dubious investments./ARTS WEEKLY/JAPAN: Robot Dogs Keep Company in Industrialised Society
Keiko Ogasawara spent more than 2,000 U.S. dollars to buy her husband an Aibo, Sony's robot dog that has taken Japan by storm since it was first released in June 1999./ARTS WEEKLY/JAPAN: Robot Dogs Keep Company in Industrialised Society
Keiko Ogasawara spent more than 2,000 U.S. dollars to buy her husband an Aibo, Sony's robot dog that has taken Japan by storm since it was first released in June 1999.JAPAN: Koizumi’s Popularity May Burst at Any Moment – Analysts
Despite his historic visit to North Korea last month and approval ratings that make him among Japan's most popular leaders, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi faces a rocky political road ahead, say analysts.JAPAN: Koizumi’s Popularity May Burst at Any Moment – Analysts
Despite his historic visit to North Korea last month and approval ratings that make him among Japan's most popular leaders, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi faces a rocky political road ahead, say analysts.HEALTH-JAPAN: Enforcing Ban on Outdoor Smoking Far from Easy
In the key municipality of Chiyoda in the Japanese capital, a small army of officers and security guards carefully patrol the streets from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., three times a week.HEALTH-JAPAN: Enforcing Ban on Outdoor Smoking Far from Easy
In the key municipality of Chiyoda in the Japanese capital, a small army of officers and security guards carefully patrol the streets from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., three times a week./ARTS WEEKLY/JAPAN: Robot Dogs Keep Company in Industrialised Society
Keiko Ogasawara spent more than 2,000 U.S. dollars in January to buy her husband an Aibo, Sony's robot dog that has taken Japan by storm since it was first released in June 1999.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Admission of Germ Warfare Forces Look at War Past
For more than half a century, 76-year-old Yoshio Shinozuka, a former soldier in the Japanese Imperial Army, kept a dark secret locked in his heart.JAPAN: Scepticism Rises during North Korean Abductees’ Visit
Scepticism has cooled the early outpouring of euphoria across Japan that followed this week's homecoming of five of its nationals who were abducted by North Korea a quarter century ago.JAPAN: Scepticism Rises during North Korean Abductees’ Visit
Scepticism has cooled the early outpouring of euphoria across Japan that followed this week's homecoming of five of its nationals who were abducted by North Korea a quarter century ago.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Debate over Surnames Upsets Old Gender Roles
Tomoko Maeda, 40, had a dream wedding six years ago. She and her "spouse" paid almost 20,000 U.S. dollars for the celebration that included a white wedding dress, a church ceremony, and a party with 80 guests with a champagne dinner at a posh hotel.RIGHTS-JAPAN: Debate over Surnames Upsets Old Gender Roles
Tomoko Maeda, 40, had a dream wedding six years ago. She and her "spouse" paid almost 20,000 U.S. dollars for the celebration that included a white wedding dress, a church ceremony, and a party with 80 guests with a champagne dinner at a posh hotel.HEALTH-JAPAN: Traditions that Bind ‘Modern’ Women Fuel HIV Risks
Megumi (not her real name) is 16 and sexually active. She started going out with her boyfriend last year and they use condoms irregularly.JAPAN: Koizumi’s Diplomatic Gains in Pyongyang a Failure at Home
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's summit Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il may have been an ice-breaking political feat, but it brought only heartbreak to those Japanese who got confirmation that their kin had indeed been abducted by Pyongyang.CULTURE-JAPAN: Traditional Music, Dress Find New Admirers
Tickets to a concert by the 'Yoshida Kyodai' ('Yoshida Brothers'), a pair of young Japanese musicians who have catapulted to fame this past year, have been snapped up by enthusiastic fans in a matter of days.CULTURE: Traditional Japanese Music and Dress Finds New Admirers
Tickets to a concert by the Yoshida Kyodai, a pair of young musicians who have catapulted to fame this past year, have been snapped up by enthusiastic fans in a matter of days.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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