A big project for the installation of a Wind Power Generation System in Tongatapu to be completed by 2019 is funded under a grant aid from the Government Japan, with an estimated to $40 million pa’anga. The Ambassador of Japan HE Mr Yukio Numata signed the Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreement with Prime Minister Hon […]
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A compromised crop of potatoes on Japan’s north island of Hokkaido has forced one the country’s largest chip manufacturers to halt production of some of its most popular flavors. Now the country is facing a drastic shortage of the snack, with prices of some bags soaring as high as 1500 yen, or about $14. An
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More and more Japanese companies are rising to the call of prime minister Shinzo Abe to fix Japan’s moribund economy by giving employees the flexibility to work remotely. The practice is known as “telework,” or terewaku, in Japan, and it’s slowly gaining traction in a country where corporate norms such as putting in face time
TOKYO • Japan paused yesterday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated its north-eastern coast, as more than 100,000 people remain unable or unwilling to return home. The 9.0-magnitude quake, which struck under the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2011, and the tsunami it spawned left about 18,500 people
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In a move to spread martial arts and increase trust in Japanese police officers, Matsue Police Station here will open judo and kendo classes in March aimed at foreign tourists. The force is hoping the classes will also have one other benefit: improving police officers’ English skills. Interested participants can apply for the about one-hour
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Japanese businesses may no longer have to “sign” contracts or certificates with their company stamp. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications plans to introduce a system that would let businesses issue contracts and certificates under the president’s name online. Currently, businesses need to create these documents in paper form and then ink them with
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A total of 1.23 million 20-year-olds marked Japan’s Coming-of-Age Day on Monday, with some spending their first day as adults climbing up the country’s tallest skyscraper and others enjoying Tokyo Disneyland. The number of people reaching adulthood on Monday was up 20,000 on the previous year, a change on recent figures which had seen the
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Their chicken might be finger lickin’ good, but now we don’t have to put up with any of the oily mess that comes with it! When it comes to fast food joints, nothing beats a burger for a quick-and-easy meal on the go. Not only is it fast, but it’s also easy to eat, with its wrapping conveniently keeping all the juicy
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Convenience store chain Lawson and electronics maker Panasonic Corp. have started testing a staff-less register for which a machine settles the transactions and packs purchased items into a bag. The system, dubbed Reji Robo, short for register robots, debuted at an outlet of Lawson in Osaka Prefecture on Monday. Lawson plans to eventually introduce the
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Santa doesn’t have to worry about job security anymore, at least in Japan. Domino’s Pizza sadly scrapped their plan to provide customers in Japan with a festive twist on their favorite fastfood dish: reindeer delivery. The company first announced the idea on Nov. 17, stating it was working with the Hokkaido Delivery Integrated Research Center’s team
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