News Japan Social: Japan social worker opens ‘It is OK to be useless’ bar to provide relief from daily pressure
A Japanese social worker opened an unconventional daytime bar nicknamed “It is OK to be useless” to offer comfort to those experiencing significant social pressure. Operating about five days a month ...
News Japan Social: All About... Social networks in Japan
Change is in the air in Japan’s social networking market. The sector has been dominated by Mixi since the dawn of social networking, but there are now signs that international brands are gaining ...
News Japan Social: Japan-South Korea trade spat gains little traction among youth on social media
The diplomatic rift between Tokyo and Seoul widened earlier this month after Japan removed South Korea from its “whitelist” of preferred trading partners. The apparent reason given for the move is ...
News Japan Social: Heated debate boils over on social media as mercury soars in Japan
Talking to others about the weather has always been a quick and easy conversation topic. The same goes for social media users and online news outlets in Japan, which love to discuss meteorological ...
News Japan Social: Japan to restrict foreign students after school lost track of 1,600
Japan's education ministry and immigration agency said they will stop approving any new applications from prospective research students, after it was discovered 1,610 skipped out of Tokyo University ...
News Japan Social: Japan’s Police Struggle to Curb a Sharp Increase in Cannabis Use
... social shift in line with global trends can be seen on social media discussions, with some television personalities bucking Japanese conservativeness in favor of more public debate for ...
News Japan Social: Kaizen, the Japanese Practice of Contiuous Improvement, Can Help You Reach All Your Goals. Here's How
This counterintuitive insight comes from an essay AllTopStartups founder Thomas Oppong published on Medium and Quartz that's gotten lots of attention on social media lately ... era U.S. and perfected ...
News Japan Social: Uplifting: This Social Entrepreneur Fought For Equitable Immigration Over 100 Years Ago
Ng Poon Chew immigrated to the US in 1881 at the age of fourteen, alone. He spent most of his adult life speaking out against the injustice of the Chinese American Exclusion Act and the inequity of America’s 20th Century immigration policies towards Chinese.
News Japan Social: Wellness walkers: Japanese-inspired fitness groups are just seniors' speed
In Japan, average life expectancy is the world's highest at 84.1 years for men and 87.1 years for women, according to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That's ...
News Japan Social: Information Governance in Social Business Market Is Booming Worldwide | Accenture, ASG, HP Autonomy, FTI Consulting, IBM & Iron Mountain
To comprehend Southeast Asia Information Governance in Social Business market dynamics in the world mainly ... Asia-Pacific: India, China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia. ...
News Japan Social: State-of-the-art technology seen at CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series Japan 2019
The CYBATHLON Wheelchair Series Japan 2019 meant a lot for the team ... and expertise can get together and discuss in several aspects from technical to social issues surrounding today’s wheelchairs ...
News Japan Social: Japan's bare detention center holds many without convictions
With its bare cells, the Tokyo Detention House looks much like a high-security prison, but most of those who get incarcerated here, including former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, have not been convicted of any crime. Each solitary cell has only a toilet, folded bedding, a shelf and a sink. Simple meals
News Japan Social: Fujifilm to resume sales of black-and-white film in Japan
Fujifilm Corp. said Monday it will resume sales of black-and-white film this fall in Japan after a one-year hiatus ... enthusiasts who want to take monochrome pictures to post on social networking ...
News Japan Social: 75-Year-Old Job Hunters Could Become New Normal in Aging Japan
This could be Japan’s new normal, with people working into their 70s and beyond, adding a new facet to its reputation as a nation of workaholics. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking to keep people like Kuzuno employed longer so they can pitch into the tax base and ease the burden on government spending
News Japan Social: Stocks gain in Japan, but trade tensions weigh on Hong Kong, mainland China
Comments also reportedly showed up on a social media account linked to China’s state-run ... and the Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -2.48% slid 2.5%. Japan’s Nikkei NIK, +0.89% rose 0.9%, but South ...
News Japan Social: A restaurant mistakenly served up a $5,700 bottle of wine. But turned it into a social media win
April Rudin, the founder & CEO at marketing firm The Rudin Group, told CNBC Friday that the restaurant had enjoyed a "one-two punch when the social media stars had aligned," and the firm had leveraged ...
News Japan Social: Violent Japanese Mascot That Tickled John Oliver Is Suspended by Twitter
HONG KONG — The Twitter accounts of a Japanese mascot whose naughty antics charmed the ... an inflatable pole with a baseball bat — became instant memes that delighted social media users around the ...
News Japan Social: Is a Japanese town renaming itself to "Usa" so products can say, "Made in USA?"
According to a story that's been trending on social media, a Japanese town by the name of Usa has been doing just that, printing "Made in Usa" on goods it produces. Although Japan wasn't known for ...
