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Tokyo to introduce 4-day work week in 2025

Tokyo to make day care free to boost birth rate

Tokyo plans to make day care free for all preschool children starting in September, the city governor has announced as part of efforts to boost Japan’s low birth rate. The move aims to reduce the financial burden on families by expanding a policy of free day care for second-born and subsequent children to first-borns as well.

BroBible · 16h

Tokyo Introduces 4-Day Workweek To Give Workers Extra Time For ‘Getting Busy’ To Boost Birth Rates

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is set to introduce a 4-day workweek in a radical plan to boost birthrates which have reached all-time lows. Their hope

UPI · 2d

Tokyo introduces four-day workweek for government workers to boost birth rates

Tokyo will implement a four-day workweek for government employees next year to encourage young people to get married and start families.

The Jerusalem Post on MSN · 1d

Tokyo governor announces four-day work week to boost birth rates

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government believes that couples are having fewer babies because they are working too much.

The Mainichi on MSN · 1d

Tokyo to waive day care fee for firstborns from Sept. 2025

Gov. Yuriko Koike announced in a Dec. 10 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly meeting a plan to make day care services free of charge for firstborn ch･･･

Japan, Tokyo and Alaska Airlines

Yahoo · 2d

Japan Airlines doesn't want you to take your luggage on the train when you visit Tokyo

The airline is offering a $29 same-day luggage delivery service to help ease congestion on Tokyo's crowded trains as visitors keep flocking to Japan.

Business Insider on MSN · 1d

Why I'm excited about Alaska Airlines' new flights to Japan and Korea

Airfare to Japan has decreased since 2023, and Alaska's new route will boost competition and likely further lower ticket prices to Tokyo.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Alaska Airlines Will Spread Its Wings by Flying to Tokyo and Seoul Beginning Next Year

Alaska Airlines says it will launch service from Seattle to Tokyo and Seoul next year as part of a plan to boost international flying in the next several years

Blackstone to Buy Tokyo Complex From Seibu

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Blackstone to acquire office building from Seibu for $2.6 billion in Tokyo

Blackstone: The firm will acquire the 36-storey Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho office and hotel complex from Japan's Seibu Holdings in an effort to free up the railway and property firm's balance sheet.

Bloomberg L.P. · 5h

Blackstone to Buy Tokyo Complex From Seibu for $2.6 Billion

Blackstone Inc. is buying a mixed-use complex in Tokyo from Seibu Holdings Inc. in the largest-ever real estate acquisition by foreign fund in Japan.

Reuters · 5h

Blackstone to acquire Tokyo office building from Seibu in $2.6 bln deal

Blackstone said on Thursday that it will acquire a high-end office building in central Tokyo for $2.6 billion, a deal it says is the biggest real estate investment by a foreign investor in Japan.

Nobel Peace Prize, Japan

Associated Press · 2d

Japan’s Empress Masako says the Nobel for atomic bombing survivors shows the need to push for peace

Japanese Empress Masako says the Nobel Peace Prize for an organization of atomic bombing survivors was a key event that impressed her this year and reminded her of the importance of global peace efforts.

NBC News on MSN · 1d

Japanese atomic bomb survivor warns nuclear taboo is at risk in Nobel Peace Prize speech

A 92-year-old Japanese survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki described the horrors he witnessed in 1945 as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on Tuesday on behalf of his anti-nuclear weapons group.

Al Jazeera on MSN · 1d

Risk of nuclear weapon use rising, warn Nobel Peace Prize winners

The risk of nuclear weapons being used again is "higher than it has ever been before”, say 2024 Nobel Peace Prize winners Nihon Hidankyo.

‘No time to spare’ to address Japan’s baby bust as Tokyo promises free daycare to all preschoolers

It's the second family-friendly policy out of Tokyo, following the municipal government's decision to offer a 4-day work week ...

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Tokyo is turning to a 4-day workweek in a desperate attempt to help Japan shed its unwanted title of ‘world’s oldest population’

Japan is facing a population crisis—so Tokyo, its largest city, will try to solve the problem with something new: a four-day ...

US defense chief observes drills with Japan, Australia, says he’s confident about greater capability

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed confidence about enhanced military capabilities among the United States, ...

Japan Airlines offers luggage delivery service to your hotel when you visit Tokyo

The hotel delivery service aims to ease congestion on public transport and address the shortage of storage lockers, making ...

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Tokyo on two wheels: Why you should experience Japan’s busiest city by bike

Why you should experience Japan’s busiest city by bike - Away from Tokyo’s city centre crowds, Annabel Grossman slows down to ...

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Baycurrent Inc. named title sponsor of PGA Tour's Japan event

The PGA Tour and Baycurrent Inc. announced a multi-year agreement on Wednesday that positions the Tokyo-based consulting firm ...

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Analysis-Rival LNG supplies, Sakhalin's depleting fields give Japan an exit from Russian gas

As Japan's long-term contracts to secure liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's Sakhalin-2 project near expiration, rival ...

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