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Giappone
Suicide of overworked woman, 24, prompts ad giant Dentsu to trim overtime hours
The suicide of a woman who worked excessive hours at Japan’s biggest advertising agency has prompted the company to lower the amount of overtime employees can book. From November, workers at Dentsu Inc. won’t be able to log more than 65 hours of overtime a month — down from the ...
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Giappone
Airport operator rights could go to private sector
A Finance Ministry panel is set to recommend that the government sell the rights to run state-managed airports to private firms while retaining ownership of the facilities, Jiji Press has learned. The Fiscal System Council is expected to make the proposal, designed to help shore up the country’s economic growth ...
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Giappone
EU leaders to call for trade deal with Japan by end of year
European Union leaders plan to call for accelerated negotiations to reach a free trade agreement with Japan “by the end of the year” when they meet this week, according to a draft statement seen by Kyodo News. In the statement, dated Monday, the leaders ask the European Commission “to actively ...
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Giappone
Seaplanes touted as tourism lifeline in regional Japan
Seaplanes used to be a common form of transport in the Japanese archipelago, with scheduled cargo and passenger flights operating mainly in western Japan until the mid-1960s. But as shinkansen trains and regional airports, which enable faster transport links with greater capacity, developed, seaplanes were phased out. Decades later, however, ...
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Giappone Cuba
Ryan vows to keep Cuba embargo in place
Congress will keep a decades-old embargo on Cuba, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives vowed Tuesday, despite recent moves by President Barack Obama to ease sanctions against Havana. “I fully intend to maintain our embargo on #Cuba,” House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a tweet. Obama issued ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Fraudster ripped off foreigners for gambling money
A Christchurch recruitment consultant has been sentenced to 20 months in jail after defrauding foreign workers.
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USA
American Hispanics, gays are target markets for Israeli tourism drive
Tourism Ministry doesn’t see any contradiction between marketing campaigns aimed simultaneously at traditional, religious tourists and at the global gay community: 'Contradictions make us unique.'
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Pipeline acquires Konza Oil Terminal
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has signed an agreement with Petrocity for the use of the firm's Konza Oil Terminal for storage of petroleum products.
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Kenya
Kenya: Regional leaders back Amina's bid for top AU position
Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed's candidature for the African Union Commission chairmanship received a major boost after regional leaders threw their weight behind her.
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Kenya
Kenya: Parliamentary team wants struggling agencies disbanded
State corporations targeted by the Public Investments Committee (PIC) in its report include those performing non-strategic functions but which rely heavily on the government for funding.