A post-pandemic surge in international travelers, coupled with weak exchange rates, may have indirectly ended one of Japan’s most beloved travel deals: the Japan Rail Pass.Prices for the JR Pass, as …
Intensely prepared, BYU Japanese majors make perfect candidates for Japanese companies
Highly formalized and conservative, Japanese business culture can be challenging for Americans to navigate. Interviewees at a Japanese company need to know, for example, to wait by the door until …
Intensely prepared, BYU Japanese majors make perfect candidates for Japanese companies
Highly formalized and conservative, Japanese business culture can be challenging for Americans to navigate. Interviewees at a Japanese company need to know, for example, to wait by the door until …
Business and human rights in Japan: Progress and challenges of the Japanese government
Professor Emi Sugawara from Osaka University of Economics and Law, Faculty of International Studies, discusses government’s efforts to respect human rights in the supply chain …
Business and human rights in Japan: Progress and challenges of the Japanese government
Professor Emi Sugawara from Osaka University of Economics and Law, Faculty of International Studies, discusses government’s efforts to respect human rights in the supply chain …
Japan’s e-commerce giant Mercari to integrate Bitcoin as a payment method
Mercari, Japan’s renowned online flea market platform, is set to integrate Bitcoin as a payment method, according to a report by Asian media outlet Nikkei.
Paraplegic, Washington local living in Japan recalls ‘disconcerting’ New Year’s Day quake
A WSU Alum living and working in Japan is thankful that the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country did not put him in danger. But he experienced the shaking firsthand – and as a paraplegic,
Snow hinders rescues and aid deliveries to isolated communities after Japan quakes kill 161 people
Rescue teams are working through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets six days after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 128 people.
Japan quake survivors, without power or water, seek news on rebuild plans
A week after a major earthquake struck the west coast of Japan, thousands of people are still without water and electricity and have yet to be told when plans to rebuild can begin. The magnitude 7.6 quake killed at least 168 people on New Year’s Day with 323 reported missing.
Japan earthquake recovery hampered by weather, aftershocks as number of people listed as missing soars
The massive New Year’s Day earthquake in western Japan’s Ishikawa region has left residents questioning the future of one entire towns’ existence.