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The operator of the mobile carrier “au” will cut millions of customers’ bills to make up for disrupted service last month. Besides the inconvenience of being unable to communicate or receive data, the disruption meant users could not make emergency calls, prompting discussion of technical changes to address such situations.
After a 2021 amendment, the Elderly Employment Stabilization Law calls on companies to make efforts to employ workers until age 70, with the goal of shoring up Japan’s dwindling workforce. Efforts are only mandatory until age 65, but 25 percent of employers are complying by re-employing retirees or abolishing retirement ages.
A council at the Financial Services Agency estimated that an elderly couple will need at least 20 million yen assuming they live until 95 years old. It urged workers to start investing earlier to better prepare for their retirement.
Japan was stunned when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot on July 8. Current PM Fumio Kishida has announced plans for a state funeral, an honor only given to one other postwar leader, Shigeru Yoshida, who also served a long term and was noted for domestic and diplomatic accomplishments.
In Japan’s bicameral parliament, the Lower House takes the lead in legislating. It can be dissolved, snap elections can be held, and its lawmakers have shorter terms, reflecting the voice of the people. The Upper House reconsiders, fine-tunes, and votes on bills passed by the Lower.
In the first ruling of its kind, Japan’s top court ordered Twitter Inc. to delete 14 posts about a man’s arrest record. He was arrested for trespassing eight years ago. The court overturned a lower court decision stating that the public’s right to know outweighs the man’s right to privacy.
A court ordered the operator of Tabelog, a popular website that rates restaurants based on aggregated user reviews, to pay 38.4 million yen in compensation to a Korean barbeque chain. The plaintiff claimed Tabelog’s proprietary algorithm automatically downgrades chain restaurants, and that its monthly customers fell by over 5,000 as a result.
