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Posted in: Olympics minister apologizes for saying he was 'really disappointed' over Ikee's leukemia See in context
someone give the minister a gold medal as a gaffe-champion!
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Posted in: Japan's jobless rate hits 25-year low; labor shortages remain a concern See in context
Free market economists say: Supply goes down, demand goes up and prices go up! In this case: Labour shortage, demand up, but no change in pay. No wonder there is Labour shortage and it will remain so.
Apparently, a pie(a job) is cut into 3 and being sold to 3 people just adding up number of pieces of the same pie. Unfortunately, no one is ready to buy(unless one comes who is super hungry!)
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Posted in: Japan makes visa changes for entrepreneurs See in context
The whole idea looks a ill-targeted. You don't target startups for FDI goal , rather you target big businesses!
Japan needs to do much more if it needs to improve WB ranking of "starting a business" from current rank 106.
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Posted in: Japan's labor crunch leads to tightest job market in 40 years See in context
what happens to 50% surplus jobs still unfilled ? one assumption can be: Being compensated by 50% more overtime work by already employed .
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Posted in: No. of foreign workers in Japan hits 1.28 mil See in context
Immigrant population (Foreign workers and their family) by countries.
US 46.6 Mil
UK 8.5 Mil
Canada 7.8 Mil
Hong Kong 2.8 Mil
Singapore 2.5 Mil
China 0.9 Mil
South Korea 1.3 Mil
Japan 2.1 Mil (Approx.2% of population. Not bad as it sounds)
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Posted in: Coincheck may be unable to reimburse customers after theft See in context
No speculation yet linking the hacking event to NK state sponsored group ?
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Posted in: Tokyo experiences coldest day in 48 years See in context
Did you feel colder than any other day before reading this in news ?
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Posted in: No drill See in context
First Trump got into war of words with rocketman seemingly escalating the situation and resulting in sale of billions of dollars of weapons to Japan and South Korea. Astute businessman he is.
Now, Abe would justify his action making those big purchase to citizens by by the drills.
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Posted in: Russia, Ukraine agree to sea, energy truce; Washington seeks eased sanctions
Posted in: Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as minor 'glitch'
Posted in: Court orders dissolution of Unification Church in Japan
Posted in: Trump downplays national security team texting military operation plan on Signal as minor 'glitch'
