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Japan Times (Newspaper)
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- Half a million strike in U.K.’s largest walkout in 12 yearsby Veronique Dupont on 1 February, 2023 at 11:46 am
Teachers and train drivers were among the groups to act, as well as border force workers at British air and seaports.
- South Korean court rejects temple’s claim to statue it says pirates pillagedby Hyonhee Shin on 1 February, 2023 at 11:34 am
The 20-inch gilt bronze statue of a Buddhist Bodhisattva was stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 by South Korean thieves, who were caught trying ...
- Japan eyeing G7 video summit on Feb. 24, first anniversary of Ukraine warby No Author on 1 February, 2023 at 10:17 am
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the video summit, government sources have said.
What Japan Thinks (Market Research Blog)
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- The most successful anime adaptationson 13 June, 2021 at 3:54 pm
This ranking survey from goo Ranking asked what is the most successful anime adaptations of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine’s manga. My anime series watching is very limited, but I recently got a free year of Amazon Prime, and it’s got Demon Slayer (Kimetsu […]
- Making bookings on smartphoneson 7 June, 2021 at 4:51 pm
This straightforward survey from MMD Labo looked at internet reservations by smartphone. Looking at the options, I’m surprised that “travel” or “flights” do not appear on the list. Given that “other” is less than 2%, they must have been […]
- Majority want vaccination, many others want side-effect reassuranceon 5 June, 2021 at 5:15 pm
Note: this survey was conducted in February, before vaccination had started in earnest. This survey from Leading Tech looked at COVID-19 vaccine awareness. Note also that an overused trope about Japan is its vaccine reluctance with respect to COVID-19 in […]
Rudlin Consulting (Business Culture Blog)
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- Japanese with foreign MBAs are beginning to change corporate Japanby Pernille Rudlin on 19 January, 2023 at 6:42 pm
One swallow does not make a summer, and I am not entirely convinced by Nikkei Business’s assertion that there is an upcoming group of Japanese who did MBAs overseas in the 1990s and 2000s and are now taking over and … The post Japanese with foreign MBAs […]
- Which companies pay women the best in Japanby Pernille Rudlin on 19 January, 2023 at 4:57 pm
I thought the top companies paying 30 year old women the most in Japan would be mainly foreign companies, but actually over two thirds of the top 30 companies are Japanese, according to OpenWork – and in sectors that are … The post Which companies pay […]
- “Job type system” not the cure-all for Japanese employee engagementby Pernille Rudlin on 13 January, 2023 at 6:03 pm
Fast Retailing (Uniqlo) has caused quite a stir in Japan by announcing that it will raise salaries by up to 40%. It claims this is in order to bring the Japanese salaries more into line with what Uniqlo is paying … The post “Job type system” not the […]
Motoko’s Blog – AJPR (Japanese SEO)
- Translation and Localization Impact on SEOby Motoko Hunt on 16 December, 2022 at 9:08 pm
Why Translation Tools Don’t Work Well With The Japanese Language In most cases, foreign companies’ websites for the Japanese market are based on their English (or parent) site content. While the text may be in Japanese, the content is not localized for […]
- What Is Good Contentby Motoko Hunt on 15 November, 2022 at 8:20 pm
All SEO knows that having good content is important. According to Google, “Google’s Automated Ranking Systems are designed to present helpful, reliable information that’s primarily created to benefit people, not to gain search engine rankings, in the […]
- Yahoo! Japan’s Core Web Vitals Projectby Motoko Hunt on 28 October, 2022 at 7:00 pm
This may surprise you but Google is Yahoo! Japan’s one of the top traffic generators. For the last 2 years, Yahoo! Japan has been working to improve their websites’ Core Web Vitals scores just like the rest of us. Recently, they shared the latest […]
East Asia Forum (Politics & Economics)
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- Laos must address rising inflation in 2023by Chanhsy Samavong on 1 February, 2023 at 11:00 am
Authors: Chanhsy Samavong, Laos Macroeconomic Research Institute, and Buavanh Vilavong, Laos Ministry of Industry and Commerce The Lao economy has been seriously impacted by rising inflation and the deterioration of the national currency, the kip. These […]
- Pakistan needs to lower its expectations of the United Statesby Arif Rafiq on 31 January, 2023 at 11:00 pm
Author: Arif Rafiq, Middle East Institute Pakistan and the United States have recently been pursuing a reset of relations. High-level visitors from both countries have expressed intentions to find a basis for a partnership not centred on Pakistan’s […]
- Australia stabilises its foreign policy but hard choices lie aheadby Allan Gyngell on 31 January, 2023 at 11:00 am
Author: Allan Gyngell, ANU Not for the first time in its history, distant events in Europe had a deep impact on Australia’s prosperity and security in 2022. Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine was the most blatant breach of international law and norms […]
