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Japan’s shrinking labor force is finding new ways to fight karōshi — ‘death by overwork’

Health

One Toyko company has started playing “Eye of the Tiger” at quitting time and last year, the government placed a cap on overtime hours, but workers suffer from a labor shortage that causes too much work for each worker.

The World

Sustainable Shrimp Farming

An aerial view of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant and its contaminated water storage tanks, taken August 31, 2013. Japan pledged nearly $500 million to contain leaks and decontaminate radioactive water fro

Fukushima Leaks Up the Ante for Japanese Government

Environment

Fukushima Nuclear Plant Crisis Worsens

In Japan, banker tries to cash in on compassion, clean energy

Business, Economics and Jobs

New report says Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster narrowly avoided being much worse

A new independent report from Japan details just how close that country came to a “devil’s chain reaction” of nuclear plant after nuclear plant melting down and sending a plume of radiation over the city of Tokyo and its 30 million inhabitants.

Japan government on nuclear crisis: Not lying, not telling the truth

Global Politics

The Japanese government may be making the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant worse by not telling the whole truth.

Honda and Solar Energy

The automobile company Honda has announced a new plan to help customers install free or low cost solar panels on their homes that can be used to recharge electric and plug-in hybrid cars.

Japanese Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Fleets

Today an emergency landing because of smoke in the cockpit on a Japanese flight has grounded the All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines fleet  of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Aircrafts. The incident follows a fire on another Boeing 787 at Logan International Airport in Boston earlier this month.   Clive Irving, senior consulting editor at Condé Nast […]

Boeing Dreamliner Makes Emergency Landing in Japan

Development & Education

A Boeing 787 was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after battery problems developed during a flight. It’s the latest in a string of incidents for Boeing’s Dreamliner.