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外国人雇用に積極姿勢＝被災地の農漁業再生－復興会議議長
政府の東日本大震災復興構想会議の五百旗頭真議長（防衛大学校長）は１３日、日本記者クラブで会見し、被災地の農業や漁業の再生に関し、「外国人をどう活用するか。国際的な人材を吸引するという在り方も考えなくてはいけない」と述べ、外国人の雇用を積極的に進める方策を検討する考えを明らかにした。
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Suzuki’s Super-Cool Strategy: Short Pants
“I wonder if ties and jackets (are needed) in a country like Japan which has a hot and humid climate,” in the summer, [Suzuki Motor Corp.’s 81-year-old chief executive, Osamu Suzuki] said.
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Ministry to let workers wear T-shirts, jeans under ‘Super Cool Biz’
The Ministry of the Environment decided Thursday to allow its workers to dress extremely casually this summer, such as in aloha shirts and jeans, under its new “Super Cool Biz” summertime energy-conserving campaign.
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90% of foreigners to stay put: poll
More than 90 percent of non-Japanese studying or working in the country are willing to stay despite the risks and damage caused by the March 11 disasters, an online survey indicated. The International Foreign Students Association conducted the survey from March 22 to 26 and received 392 responses. A breakdown of the respondents showed that…
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Psychiatrists aid traumatized foreigners
A group of psychiatrists who have been providing mental health support for foreign residents has set up an emergency committee to aid non-Japanese suffering from stress and trauma from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Those who are suffering the most are the elderly, children, the handicapped and foreigners. And foreigners are particularly prone to…
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American teacher in Sendai stays in Japan to help with volunteer efforts
However, many ALTs have not stayed behind. According to the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR), which every year mediates the contracts of around 4,000 ALTs at local authorities around the country, 44 ALTs quit their jobs after the earthquake.
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Industries left short-handed after foreign workers flee Japan following nuke accident
Tens of thousands of worried foreign workers left Japan shortly after a crisis at the nuclear power plant that was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, causing serious labor shortages in some industries.
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First openly gay candidate wins in Tokyo ward
Openly gay candidate Taiga Ishikawa won a seat in the Toshima Ward Assembly in Tokyo in Sunday’s election, marking a historic first.
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原発事故：戻らぬ中国人労働者 縫製業は減産も
東日本大震災と東京電力・福島第１原子力発電所事故の影響で、日本国内で働いていた外国人労働者が大量に国外流出した影響が深刻化している。原発事故後に一時、東日本や日本からの避難勧告を出した国々は勧告を解除し、欧米系の外国人は徐々に戻りつつあるが、中国など近隣のアジア系外国人の戻りは鈍いままだ。
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Will Japan Treat its Foreigners Better After the Earthquake?
Soon after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan on March 11, Haruki Eda, a Korean-Japanese man living in the United States, posted a blog for Eclipse Rising, a U.S.-based organization that works to support and fundraise for Japan’s Korean community. “This havoc will no doubt transform Japanese society,” writes Eda, “but in which…