SAPPORO (Kyodo) The Sapporo District Court on Wednesday ordered NTT East Corp. to pay 66 million yen in damages to the family of a 58-year-old employee with heart problems who died after taking a training course.
Destitute, they make a living by scavenging amid the trash that stretches into the middle distance―for this is where much of the capital's garbage ends up.
Of the five countries that consume the most tobacco globally, three―China, Japan and Indonesia―are in Asia (the other two are the U.S. and Russia).
Sony has ditched its chief executive and brought in the head of its American division to run the media and electronics conglomerate. But resolving the conflicting aims of its two main businesses may take more than a fresh face at the top
While Sony is still the world's largest electronics manufacturer, it has been readily outflanked, and its reputation for innovation has been sullied in the process.
Oshima's interest in rakugo took off after she attended a meeting of the International Society for Humor Studies in Sydney in 1996 and realized that many participants who were specialists on humor only held the stereotypical image of Japanese as a stoic people.
"Drinking after work is a usual way for Japanese to solve communications problems at the workplace. But humor may become a more necessary tool to forge good ties" among people with different cultures and values, she said.
The Walkman inventor has also lagged behind Apple, maker of the iPod, in building a new generation of portable music products.
According to Sony, many employees worry that taking leave will be detrimental to their careers.
For those working at home, e-mail messages will enable employees to keep abreast of what is going on in the office, the company says.
In a bid to stem the falling birthrate, the government has been actively encouraging workplaces to become more parent-friendly.続きを読む
The snow played havoc with train and plane services.
The National Police Agency said Friday it will start a new system on June 1 that keeps tabs on child molesters after their release from prison.
A Japanese politician called the latest US threat to punish Tokyo over its ban on US beef "preposterous," saying Japan must ensure that the meat is free from mad cow disease before lifting restrictions.
The appointment, which is likely to be announced formally this week, has been hailed as a major breakthrough by other businesswomen, who have found it nearly impossible to carve a position for themselves in the upper echelons of the Japanese corporate world.
Horie, 32, said his attempt to take over Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. is aimed at creating synergy between the Internet and traditional broadcast media such as radio and television.
Prosecutors arrested former Kokudo Corp. Chairman Yoshiaki Tsutsumi on Thursday on suspicion of making false statements about shareholdings in Seibu Railway Co.
``I was so attracted by this car because it has both European stylishness and continental ruggedness,'' he said.
The Asian Women's Fund (AWF) was established to atone for the pain and suffering of former ``comfort women'' and it has played a significant role in reaching out to these victims, says former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama.
The Japanese and U.S. governments withheld medical findings that the reproductive functions of some Japanese fishermen had shown abnormalities after their exposure to a hydrogen bomb test March 1, 1954, at Bikini Atoll, according to declassified U.S. documents.
Critics say the tunnel, which costs more than $600m (£313m), will not be financially viable.
The wife of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is seeking to visit Japan in May for the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, government sources said Friday.
The Diet has enacted a special law to waive tourist visas for Taiwanese for up to 90 days between March 25 and Sept. 25 to promote the expo. But a visit by Wu Shu-jen might be screened separately, according to the sources.
The result reflected a recent trend among single women who no longer attach social stigma to choosing the single life, observers said.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi had harsh words for the police on Tuesday after viewing TV footage of two cops bungling an arrest-fleeing from an assailant and nearly letting the suspect escape in their patrol car.
You've worked with Microsoft since your company started. Do you think it can maintain its dominance?
I'm betting on the Microsoft camp. They want to win this whole MP3 war. With all the cash they have, with all the clout they have, they are going to win-if not the first time, if not the second time, the third time, and that's why we're working very closely with them.
A homeless man's pet rabbits have propagated rapidly and have weakened the soil of an embankment along the Arakawa River in eastern Tokyo, prompting officials to develop a plan to fence the animals.
The Financial Services Agency is considering ordering Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co. to temporarily halt part of its operations as punishment for underhanded sales practices, sources said Friday.
The writer came to fame shortly after Japan's defeat in World War II; he was well-known for his writings that negated the nation's traditional moral-value system.
Throughout the interview, the actor shied away from difficulties he has faced, both in his life and in his career. The product, not the process, seems more important to him.
Speaking exclusively to the Mainichi at its Tokyo Head Office on Monday, Feb. 14, Maathai lauded Japan's 3-R environmental pillars of "reduce, reuse and recycle."
