Immigration helping the U.S. edge out Asia
Antipathy toward large-scale foreign labor is emerging as Asia’s Achilles’ heel.
Source: yahoo.com
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ANA, JAL launch scholarship for flight mechanics amid shortage
ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co. have cooperated in the launch of a scholarship program to address a shortage of aircraft mechanics, with demand for air transportation anticipated to grow.
Source: kyodonews.net
Beware the dark side of health checks
“The biggest lie of all,” biologist Kiyohiko Ikeda tells President magazine (Oct 13), “is the health check.” Really? Aging Japan is awash in health checks. Turn 65 and the pressure to submit to them mounts. You feel fine? Don’t be fooled. Cancer lurks in dark corners before it bursts into…
Source: japantoday.com
Orient ties up with banks on service to help purchases of empty houses
Japanese consumer credit company Orient Corp. will tie up with more than a dozen regional banks nationwide in October to expand its new loan business aimed at helping people buy empty houses, company officials said.
Source: kyodonews.net
Fast-graying Japan's births fall 3.6% to 370,000 in Jan.-June
The number of babies born in Japan and to Japanese expatriates in the January to June period fell 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 371,052, government data show.
Source: kyodonews.net