Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Japan as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Japan: Government permits continued stay of Myanmar residents due to coup
Myanmar students and technical interns may now carry on studying or working in Japan legally for another six or 12 months, even after their visas expire …
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Japan: Officials extend state of emergency measures in Tokyo through June 2021
A state of emergency will be in force in Tokyo and a few other Prefectures until 20th June 2021 …
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Japan: Suga aims to raise average minimum wages to 1,000 yen
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has confirmed at a meeting of the Council for Economic and Fiscal Policy that his government is planning to increase the minimum wage to 1,000 yen (US$9) an hour early next year …
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Japan: Labor Union Participation in Japan Increases Slightly to 17.1%
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare statistics for 2020 revealed that 17 …
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Japan: Asylum-seekers in Japan oppose bill allowing deportation after three tries
Over 80,000 foreign nationals are currently known to live in Japan without legal immigration status, many claiming refugee status …
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Japan: Revised EU-Japan free trade agreement
The text of the revised EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement (EJFTA) has recently been published …
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Japan: Enabling people to work until 70
It is now a legal obligation for employers to seek ways to maintain the employment of staff until age 70 …
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Japan: Labor ministry to expand scope of virus relief to cover nonregular workers
The Labour Ministry has announced that nonregular workers at large companies may now receive wage subsidies if they have been asked to work shorter hours, or their jobs have been suspended …
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Japan: “Metabo” law
Employers are reminded that according to a 2008 “Metabo” law, employers are obliged to take annual measurements of employee body fat after age 40 …
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Japan: Telecubes are being rolled out across japan for corporate nomads
The next level in smart-working is the “Telecube”, stand-alone booths that are springing up at railway and metro stations in major cities …
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Japan: ANA to offer up to 2-year sabbatical leave amid pandemic
Due to the plunge in air travel, All Nippon Airways (ANA) – the largest airline in Japan – will start introducing in April 2021, a long-term sabbatical leave programme for its 15,000 Japan-based staff …
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Japan: Pandemic raises suicide rate after decade of decline
The risks of suicide were far greater last year than death due to COVID-19 …
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Japan: Extension of period of validity for Certificates of Eligibility (in relation to COVID-19)
Certificates of Eligibility (COE), which are used in some visa applications, will be treated as valid until 30th April 2021 if they are issued between 1st October 2019 and 31st December 2019 …
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Japan: Record 16% of fathers in Japan’s civil service took child care leave in 2019
It has just been revealed that a total of 16 …
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Japan: 115 Aeon domestic offices start smoking cessation during working hours
The country’s tenth largest company and leading retailing group, Aeon, has decided to introduce a smoking ban at all 115 domestic offices across Japan and a policy of no smoking during working hours at all locations …
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