Workers from Japan’s largest group of trade unions have struck early agreements for hefty wage hikes with employers as cost of living pressures grow and businesses scramble to secure staff amid a labour crunch,
3 Arrested in Japan Over a Viral Stunt Branded ‘Sushi Terrorism’
A young man licked a soy sauce bottle in a restaurant, in one of several cases that have provoked a national wave of revulsion.
Credit Suisse cuts most Japan investment banking staff -sources
Credit Suisse Group has cut most of the 20-plus jobs at its investment banking division in Japan, three people familiar with the matter said, as the embattled Swiss bank revamps its business globally.
Arrests made after wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ upends Japan’s restaurant industry
Reports of deliberately unhygienic behaviour have risen in recent weeks, including an incident in which a diner drank from a soy sauce bottle
South Korea’s Yoon to visit Japan next week
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Japan next week, his office said Thursday, as the two neighbours try to ease their diplomatic strains over Japan’s wartime atrocities during its 35-year colonial rule.
S.Korea’s Yoon to visit Japan for summit, first such trip in 12 years
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife will visit Japan from March 16-17 at Tokyo’s invitation, his office said on Thursday, the first such visit in 12 years …
‘Sushi terror’ pranks outrage Japan as police make arrests
Japanese police have arrested three people over “sushi terror”: viral, unhygienic pranks that are threatening the world-famous feature of sushi conveyor belt restaurants. Last month, a video of a man …
Most ‘expensive home in the world’ is in the UK – beating New York, Hong Kong and Japan
THE ‘world’s most expensive home’ is found in the UK after it beat off competition from properties in New York and Japan. Dorset’s exclusive resort of Sandbanks has become …
Wave of ‘sushi terrorism’ rocks Japan’s restaurant industry
Three people arrested amid spate of hygiene incidents, including one in which a teenager wiped saliva on a plate of passing sushi …
Seven & i to close additional 14 Ito-Yokado stores, exit apparel business
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd said on Thursday it will close an additional 14 Ito-Yokado supermarket stores in Japan and fully exit from the apparel business as part of its structural reform plan.