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Nova chief may face unpaid wages charge
The labor ministry’s regional bureau in Osaka is planning to send information to prosecutors possibly later this week on Nozomu Sahashi, former president of Nova Corp., on suspicion of nonpayment of wages to language instructors, sources said Monday. The Osaka Prefectural Police are separately planning to launch investigations to build a criminal case against Sahashi,…
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Ex-Nova boss Sahashi facing embezzlement probe
Police are poised to begin an investigation into former Nova Corp. President Nozomu Sahashi upon suspicion of embezzlement, sources said. Sahashi used a mutual aid society for Nova employees to transfer about 320 million yen from the employees’ welfare fund into a Nova account in July last year. Nova was on the brink of collapse…
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Ex-Nova chief faces criminal investigation
The Osaka Prefectural Police will soon open a criminal investigation against the former president of failed language-school chain Nova Corp. on suspicion of embezzling a ¥320 million special employee welfare fund, sources said Sunday. Nozomu Sahashi is suspected of ordering the accounting staff at the Osaka-based firm to transfer all of the money in the…
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JCCI says Japan should accept unskilled foreign workers
Japan must accept unskilled foreign workers to resolve the serious labor shortage that is hitting small and midsize companies especially hard the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry said in a report released Thursday. The report calls for admitting unskilled foreign laborers to the nation with no restriction on the types of jobs they can…
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Kawasaki opens referendums to foreign residents
The Kawasaki Municipal Assembly enacted an ordinance Thursday allowing residents aged 18 or older, including foreigners who have lived in the city for three years or longer, to vote in referendums. Kawasaki is taking a cue from Hiroshima, the first city to adopt a similar ordinance, Kawasaki officials said. Referendums can be put forth by…
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Radical immigration plan under discussion
Foreigners will have a much better opportunity to move to, or continue to live in, Japan under a new immigration plan drafted by Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers to accept 10 million immigrants in the next 50 years. “The plan means (some politicians) are seriously thinking about Japan’s future,” said Debito Arudou, who is originally from…
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Employment agency faces charges for evading 120 million yen in consumption tax
A Tokyo employment agency and its president face charges for evading approximately 120 million yen in consumption tax, taxation authorities said. The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau filed accusations with prosecutors against Tokyo Business Corp. (TBC) and its president, 82-year-old Shigemi Ikari, on suspicion of violating the Consumption Tax Law. TBC under-reported the amount of consumption…
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Let 10% of Japan be foreigners: Nakagawa
Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers made an ambitious proposal Thursday to raise the ratio of immigrants in Japan to about 10 percent over the next 50 years. The frankness of the suggestion reflects the seriousness of Japan’s population decline, which is marked by a rapid increase in the elderly population and a falling birthrate that threatens…
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Japan calls for greater immigrant respect
Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito said Wednesday it was important for Japanese and foreigners to live with mutual respect as the nation gradually takes in more outsiders. The prince spoke ahead of a visit to Brazil to mark 100 years since the first settlement there by Japanese. Tables have now turned with more than 300 000…
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Japan should welcome skilled foreign workers-panel
Japan should open its doors to more skilled workers from abroad in order to boost economic growth, the government’s top advisory panel said on Tuesday. The council called on the government to come up with programmes by the end of this fiscal year to create a business and living environment that would attract highly skilled…