Japan

[ad_1] “For tonight’s story, we take a trip to Namibia in Africa, where I traveled a long time ago,” a narrator says gently, ambient organ music playing in the background, as she recalls her visit to Etosha National Park.“The brown, arid land stretches 360 degrees around the park, and you can see everything from a great distance. You can even see grasslands rustling far away ...”So begins the 10-minute episode, […]

[ad_1] A famous proverb says time is money. So too is sleep, it seems.A study published in Rand Health Quarterly in 2017 examined the economic burden of insufficient sleep across five OECD countries: Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. It estimated that the various health and mortality risks from lack of sleep could lead to substantial loss — up to $411 billion annually, or 2.28% of […]

[ad_1] STANFORD, California – Iran and Israel have long been locked in a volatile confrontation — a cold war chronically in danger of turning hot.Weaponizing a peculiar brand of Islam that denigrates nationalism in favor of an Islamic state, Iran’s clerical regime has partly defined its divine mission as requiring Israel’s elimination. To that end, Iran has created and armed proxies across the region, from Gaza and Lebanon to Syria […]

[ad_1] The New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Thursday to advance in the MLB playoffs as the Cleveland Guardians kept their season alive with a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers.Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres and Giancarlo Stanton drove in runs for the Yankees, and pitching ace Gerrit Cole surrendered just one run over seven sparkling innings as New York clinched its best-of-five American League Division Series […]

[ad_1] The health ministry has found widespread examples of overwork and work-related stress in the entertainment and health care industries, it said in its 2024 white paper on karōshi (death from overwork) prevention measures released Friday.A survey conducted between October and December 2023 in the arts and entertainment sector found that over 40% of technical staff and stage directors worked 60 hours or more in a week. Meanwhile, 60% of […]

[ad_1] The Finance Ministry is temporarily excluding Nomura Holdings from taking part in government debt auctions after the firm admitted to manipulating the bond futures market.Nomura will be suspended from "special entitlements” of Japanese government bond dealers for a month from Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement on its website on Friday.The action is another setback for Nomura after the revelations led several companies including Toyota Finance to take […]

[ad_1] Tokyo police have referred a 40-year-old male manager of a go-kart rental company in the capital to prosecutors for allegedly violating traffic laws by renting out karts to two foreign tourists without valid licenses. According to Metropolitan Police Department sources, the police requested “severe penalties,” meaning they strongly recommend that prosecutors indict the individual. The manager has admitted to the charges, claiming he was too busy at the reception […]

[ad_1] Japan’s largest opposition party just made the Oct. 27 general election more interesting with a surprise policy that could have significant implications for the race and, potentially, for the economy as a whole.　The Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan issued a platform statement Monday that calls for redefining the Bank of Japan’s inflation target to “above 0%” from the current 2%.Such an adjustment in the target could result in higher […]

[ad_1] With his first foray abroad this week, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba looked to swipe away any fears of a radical departure from the diplomatic and security trail that was blazed by his predecessor.Signaling continuity with the policies set by former Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ahead of a crucial general election in Japan later this month, Ishiba on Friday wrapped up the second day of his visit to Laos for […]