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State-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) and Japanese trading house Sojitz Corp have invested $9 million to buy an additional stake in ...

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I appreciated seeing East Asian classrooms represented in anime, as it reminded me of my own educational exchange program experience in Taiwan. Whenever I saw ...

For others, it’s become a means of fetishizing Asian culture and objectifying Asians. Still, it’s dangerous when some of the tropes present in anime, such as hypersexualization of girls, become a vehicle for stereotypes about Asian women as submissive and voiceless. She calls Johnny her “Asian prince” and that her “obsession with Asian culture” is “much more than just cosplay” because she also loves Japanese anime. This video, although edited for comedic effect, features multiple real moments of the series when Ella, a 29-year-old white woman, openly describes her love of all Asian things and Asian people stemming from her love of anime. People often conflated a love of anime with a desire to appropriate Japanese identity. Despite this, a love of anime has, for lack of a better and less cringey descriptor, a dark side.

TOKYO -- Some 44% of major companies in Japan surveyed by the Mainichi Shimbun have revamped or are considering reviewing their employee transfer syst.

It noted that "remote work quickly became widespread under the coronavirus pandemic, and many employees felt that it did not hinder their productivity and work efficiency." Fifty-eight companies, or more than half, said that within the past five years they have received employee requests to live outside their commuting area and work remotely. established a remote work system allowing employees to work from home without having to move. Remote working has become much more prevalent in Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ways of working not tied to a specific location are gaining ground. In addition, 34 companies responded that they were "considering" doing so, bringing the total to 46, or about 44%. JTB implemented remote work at almost all workplaces except for over-the-counter sales positions during Japan's first coronavirus state of emergency in the spring of 2020.

Kirin, which first invested $30 mn in Bira for an under 10% stake last year, is set to pump in the additional funds at an equity valuation of $450 mn, ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. [Bira](/topic/bira) for an under 10% stake last year, is set to pump in the additional funds at an equity valuation of $450 million, the sources said. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Rivals Asahi and Suntory are looking to expand into the North American drinks market. [Bira](/topic/bira) is one of India's most popular craft beer makers. [Story in Numbers: Sobering facts about alcohol use and abuse in India](/article/specials/story-in-numbers-sobering-facts-about-alcohol-use-and-abuse-in-india-122052900885_1.html) [United Breweries to gain from volume recovery, easier regulations](/article/companies/united-breweries-to-gain-from-volume-recovery-easier-regulations-122042201131_1.html) [Costly beer and luxury cars?

Japanese beverages firm Kirin Holdings is in talks to invest $70 million in Indian craft beer maker Bira, four sources told Reuters.

NEW DELHI/TOKYO : Japanese beverages firm Kirin Holdings is in talks to invest US$70 million in Indian craft beer maker Bira, four sources told Reuters, ...

Rivals Asahi and Suntory are looking to expand into the North American drinks market. Started in 2015, Bira is one of India's most popular craft beer makers. Kirin, which first invested US$30 million in Bira for an under 10per cent stake last year, is set to pump in the additional funds at an equity valuation of US$450 million, the sources said.

State-owned Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp (JOGMEC) and Japanese trading house Sojitz Corp have invested $9 million to buy an additional stake in ...

In 2011, JOGMEC and Sojitz provided a total of $250 million in loans and equities to Lynas. 31 with no penalty and no additional interest. Lynas’ long-time Japanese backers are keen to back the expansion project since it could contribute to the stable supply of rare earths to Japan, JOGMEC and Sojitz said in a statement.

TOKYO -- Riding an electric scooter with a feisty hound onboard may seem like an almost impossible task, but Japanese company Good Shape believes.

A limited-run of 30 SR20s are slated to be built by Mercury for motorsports customers.

As the automotive industry at large moves away from internal combustion engines, a project of this sort is more intriguing than ever. The video itself is in Japanese of course, leaving us to translate as best as we can. What we can gather with some help from the internet is as follows: Mercury will build a limited run of around 30 SR20DETs, specifically tailored to mirror the S14 and S15 applications of the engine. It wasn't the peak of Japanese engines, but it has become a real icon. Combined with its relatively compact size, and it's no surprise that the SR20 has remained such a popular choice in various motorsports series. The turbocharged four-cylinder has been a mainstay of the JDM engine swap scene for decades at this point, despite leaving production all the way back in 2003.

This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee's (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Japan's compliance with the International Covenant ...

[[4]](#_ftnref4) Human Rights Watch, “Privacy Snapshot: Global: Cisco Webex,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Global%20Cisco%20WebEx.pdf; “Privacy Snapshot: Japan: schoolTakt,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Japan%20schoolTakt.pdf; “Privacy Snapshot: Japan: Study Sapuri,” https://features.hrw.org/features/StudentsNotProducts/files/privacy_snapshots/Privacy%20Snapshot%20-%20Japan%20Study%20Sapuri.pdf. Human Rights Watch has documented the persistent and discriminatory barriers transgender people face to change their legally recognized gender under the Gender Identity Disorder (GID) Special Cases Act. [[27]](#_ftn27) “The suffering that [transgender people] face in terms of gender is also of concern to society that is supposed to embrace diversity in gender identity,” they wrote. [[13]](#_ftn13) In March 2021, the groups submitted a petition with 106,250 signatures from Japan and abroad to all Japanese political parties, including the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), [[14]](#_ftn14) calling for the introduction of the Equality Act in the Diet. - Adopt child-specific data protection laws that address the significant child rights impacts of the collection, processing, and use of children’s personal data. In most instances, it was impossible for children to opt out of such surveillance and data collection without opting out of compulsory education and giving up on formal learning during the pandemic. Neither the government, nor the nine EdTech companies, informed children and their parents of the data practices that risked or infringed on children’s rights. Human Rights Watch did not find evidence that MEXT took measures to prevent or mitigate children’s rights abuses by companies, or that MEXT checked whether the EdTech products they were rapidly endorsing were safe for children to use. This submission aims to contribute to the Human Rights Committee’s (“the Committee”) upcoming review of Japan’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR or “the Covenant”). Nine out of the ten government-authorized EdTech products reviewed by Human Rights Watch engaged in data practices that unreasonably infringed on children’s rights or risked doing so. It is submitted to the Human Rights Committee in advance of its review of Japan at the Committee’s 136th session. For contacts, the right to privacy is affected by the “mere collection of personal data” in which they lose control over information, in addition to the risk of experiencing potential misuse of their personal data.

While Japan still maintains technological competitiveness in some areas, among wealthy countries it is seriously lagging digitally.

The Japanese government launched the Digital Agency in 2021 in the hope of accelerating digitalisation. Conducting business as usual in Japan is inefficient and incurs significant transaction costs — it is dependent on the physical availability of people and the duplication, transportation and storage of records. Japan must understand that the opportunity costs of not going digital are already too expensive. Digital transformation in the workplace can be problematic because the prevailing norm is that formal transactions must take place in person, on paper and with a stamp of approval (hanko). [white paper](https://www.soumu.go.jp/johotsusintokei/whitepaper/eng/WP2021/2021-index.html) by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC) highlighted personnel shortages in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector as a key factor behind the lag in digital transformation advancement. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) estimates that the [shortage will worsen](https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/it_policy/jinzai/gaiyou.pdf) and increase to 450,000 workers by 2030. After the asset price bubble burst in the 1990s, businesses took a more cautious approach that Once known as a technological powerhouse, Japan has lagged in the global wave of digital transformation. In a high-context culture like Japan, where telework use remains low, online meetings cannot replace the authenticity of in-person meetings. The [delay in digital transformation](https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/09/25/covid-19-and-japans-long-awaited-digital-transformation/) has been felt acutely during COVID-19 because much of Japan’s public health administration still relies on outdated record keeping methods that could not keep up with cases. The companies that succeed in recruiting ICT professionals are foreign firms, such as Google Japan, which offer more competitive merit-based salaries. He has every intention of transferring payments to the residents.

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the government's decision to hold a state funeral ...

Numerous polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida's support plummeting. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe's killing. The suspect in Abe's death has said the church bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. 27, with some 6,000 people from Japan and overseas set to take part. His state funeral is set for Sept. The man, in his 70s, was unconscious when first found but later told police that he had deliberately doused himself in oil, media said.

The former prime minister was gunned down at a campaign rally on July 8.

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TOKYO: A man was taken to hospital unconscious after apparently setting himself on fire near the office of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on ...

[controversial Unification Church](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-liberal-democratic-party-members-unification-church-list-fumio-kishida-2950551). The [suspect in Abe's death](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/mother-shinzo-abe-killing-suspect-unification-church-member-2801516) said the church had [bankrupted his mother](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/shinzo-abe-assassination-suspect-tetsuya-yamagami-plan-attack-gun-2799131) and he felt the former prime minister supported it. [on Jul 8](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-gun-free-former-prime-minister-shinzo-abe-shot-dead-nara-2796681) while campaigning. [assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-former-pm-shinzo-abe-assassinated-shot-nara-campaign-speech-2796576). Kyodo news agency and other outlets said police were called to the scene after reports a man was "engulfed in flames". [Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/fumio-kishida-shinzo-abe-funeral-unification-church-ldp-2926876) in Tokyo on Wednesday (Sep 21), local media said.

Kyodo via Reuters Police officers and firefighters investigate at the site where a man who was protesting a state funeral for former Japanese Prime Minister ...

Numerous public opinion polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Mr Kishida's support plummeting. The suspect in Abe's death has said the church bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. TOKYO — A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday (Sept 21) in an apparent protest of the government's decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year, TV Asahi reported.

Man sets himself alight in Tokyo after telling police he is opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe, local media report.

TV Asahi said the man set himself alight after telling police he was opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe. Kyodo news agency and other outlets said police were called to the scene after reports a man was "engulfed in flames". Man sets himself alight in Tokyo after telling police he is opposed to plans for a state funeral for assassinated ex-PM Shinzo Abe, local media report.

Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8 and his state funeral is set for September 27, with some 6000 people from Japan and overseas set to take part.

Numerous public opinion polls show most Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida’s support plummeting. The suspect in Abe’s death has said the church bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. Public sentiment was narrowly in favour of a state funeral at the time it was announced, shortly after Abe’s death, but opinion has shifted sharply. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe’s killing. But opposition to the event has been growing because of revelations after Abe’s killing of links between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), of which he was a powerful member, and the controversial Unification Church. Tokyo: A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister’s office on Wednesday in an apparent protest of the government’s decision to hold a state funeral for former premier Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated earlier this year, TV Asahi reported.

Police officers and firefighters at the site where a man set himself on fire, near the PM's office in Tokyo, on Sept 21, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS. Updated.

A letter about Mr Abe’s state funeral and the words “I strongly oppose it” was found nearby. Public sentiment was narrowly in favour of a state funeral at the time it was announced, shortly after Mr Abe’s death, but opinion has shifted sharply. But opposition to the event has been growing because of revelations after Mr Abe’s killing of links between the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), of which he was a powerful member, and the controversial Unification Church.

Sources say a document protesting the upcoming state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was found at the site where a man set himself on fire ...

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Shinzo Abe was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, but polls show more than half of the public opposes the ceremony.

The suspect in Abe’s death has said the organisation bankrupted his mother and he felt the former prime minister supported it. But state funerals are rare in Japan, and the decision has been controversial. A police officer who tried to extinguish the flames was also injured.

A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday after expressing opposition to a state funeral for assassinated ex-premier ...

But state funerals are rare in Japan, and the decision has been controversial. While Abe was not a member of the church, he addressed affiliated groups, and his death caused renewed scrutiny of the sect and its ties to politicians in Japan. He was campaigning for ruling-party candidates in upper-house elections in the Nara region, when he was shot by a man who allegedly believed the former leader had ties to the Unification Church. The agency said a note was found near the man, expressing his opposition to the funeral. The television station said a police officer who tried to extinguish the fire was injured in the process. Police, the prime minister's office and the cabinet office all declined to comment on the reports.

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A letter opposing Abe's state funeral was found nearby, media added. Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, was gunned down at a campaign rally on July 8. His ...

Numerous polls show a majority of Japanese now oppose the ceremony, helping to send Kishida's support plummeting. Links to the Unification Church, founded in South Korea in the 1950s, have grown into a huge problem for current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the LDP since they emerged following Abe's killing. The man, in his 70s, was unconscious when first found but later told police that he had deliberately doused himself in oil, media said.

Protester sustains widespread burns as Japan wrestles with legacy of leader whose death revealed scale of politicians' links to Unification church.

[at least ¥1.7bn ($12m)](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/06/japan-state-funeral-shinzo-abe-opposition), with most of the money going on a huge security operation. In all, about 6,000 people are expected to attend. A Mainichi Shimbun poll conducted at the weekend showed support for Kishida at 29%, down six percentage points from late August. Media reports said the protester, who is in his 70s, regained consciousness and told police that he had doused himself in oil before setting it alight. [fierce criticism](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/12/shinzo-abe-controversial-vision-japan-constitution). More than 75% said the government was spending “too much” on the funeral. [first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/27/barack-obama-first-us-president-to-visit-hiroshima-japan). [damaged](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/23/japan-pm-fumio-kishida-popularity-dives-unification-church) the prime minister, Fumio Kishida, who announced his support for a state funeral within days of Abe’s death. [state funeral](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/22/shinzo-abe-state-funeral-growing-opposition-japan) for the country’s former prime minister, [Shinzo Abe](https://www.theguardian.com/world/shinzo-abe). [Sun Myung Moon](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/01/revelations-shinzo-abe-death-unification-church-moonies-political-influence-japan), was encouraged to establish a presence in [Japan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan) by Abe’s grandfather and postwar prime minister, Nobusuke Kishi, as a counter to communism and trade unionism. [shot dead](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/08/shinzo-abe-japans-former-prime-minister-dies-after-being-shot) in July. [plunged into poverty](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/mother-of-shinzo-abe-killing-suspect-member-of-moonies-church) 20 years ago when his mother, a church member, donated large sums of money to the organisation.

A Defense Ministry spokesperson said that the decision was a response to the military junta's shocking execution of four political prisoners in July.

Tokyo’s decision to maintain the program after the coup likely has its roots in the country’s fundamentally pragmatic approach to Myanmar and other non-democracies in Southeast Asia. [they claimed](https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/japan-trained-myanmar-air-force-officer-took-part-in-bombing-raids-activists/) had taken part in bombing raids on civilian militia forces opposed to the military junta. For the foreseeable future, pragmatism will remain the keynote in Japanese policy toward Myanmar. The executions prompted a group of Japanese lawmakers who support Myanmar’s democratization to demand that Japan cease a program in which cadets from Myanmar are hosted at Japan’s National Defense Academy, where they receive both academic and military training. The Japanese training program dates back to 2015, the same year that Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) swept to power in an acclamatory election. According to the advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW), Japan

A man sets himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former ...

The funeral plan, announced a week after Mr Abe's death, has become increasingly unpopular as more details of his apparent link to a controversial South Korean church have surfaced. - Shinzo Abe's state funeral has become more unpopular since his ties to a controversial South Korean church were revealed A man has set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office in Tokyo in an apparent protest against the state funeral planned next week for former leader Shinzo Abe, according to media reports.

TOKYO: A man set himself on fire near the Japanese prime minister's office on Wednesday after expressing opposition to a state funeral for assassinated ...

But state funerals are rare in Japan, and the decision has been controversial. While Abe was not a member of the church, he addressed affiliated groups, and his death caused renewed scrutiny of the sect and its ties to politicians in Japan. He was campaigning for ruling-party candidates in upper-house elections in the Nara region, when he was shot by a man who allegedly believed the former leader had ties to the Unification Church. The agency said a note was found near the man, expressing his opposition to the funeral. Kyodo news agency and other outlets said police were called to the scene after reports a man was “engulfed in flames”. The television station said a police officer who tried to extinguish the fire was injured in the process.