Govt. to set monthly maximum overtime hours
Japanese business and labor leaders are close to a final agreement on limiting worker's overtime hours. The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the country's largest labor org…
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AirBnB will be finally legal in Japan
Airbnb Inc. is finally getting the green light to do business in Japan after years of operating in gray areas of the law. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet approved rules on Friday limiting ho…
Docomo to offer AI smartphone system to support bus operations from 2019
NTT Docomo Inc. will begin offering by March 2019 an artificial intelligence-based smartphone system that promises more efficient bus services. Using a smartphone application, people will a…
TimeBank: Community Volunteering in Japan
This novel concept of time banking is Japan’s way of promoting self-sufficiency among its aging population, while keeping seniors active. The scheme also allays the fears of those who feel embar…
Fox Village In Japan
Apparently, Japan is covered in magical and irresistibly cute animal sanctuaries. We’ve heard about the bunny island and cat island, but there’s also a fox village, where six different species of fox…
This Factory Robot Learns a New Job Overnight
Inside a modest-looking office building in Tokyo lives an unusually clever industrial robot made by the Japanese company Fanuc. Give the robot a task, like picking widgets out of one box and put…
Courier Services in Japan
I have seen that courier service workers are really busy these days, because of the increase of online shopping. Some of them stop the vehicles and then run with the packages, so that they can meet t…
Japanese scholars issue ethical guidelines on AI
NHK has learned that a group of Japanese researchers has for the first time drawn up ethical guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence. The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, …
Legendary Japanese animator Miyazaki comes out of retirement for new film
Here is some great news for all of you Studio Ghibli Anime fans. Oscar-winning Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki has come out of retirement to work on a new animated feature film, a producer…
Nissan Self-Driving Car Now Road Legal in Japan
The Japanese government issued its first licence for a self-driving car to Nissan, and the car has the number plate '20 20' to mark the year the company hopes to sell such vehicles to …