KYODO NEWS – Dec 22, 2022 – 20:44 | All, Japan The average winter bonus at large Japanese companies marked the sharpest increase of 8.92 percent from a year earlier to 894,179 yen ($6,800) since the current calculation method was adopted in 1981, the country’s most powerful business lobby said Thursday.The Japan Business Federation, known…

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KYODO NEWS – Jul 30, 2021 – 02:28 | Sports, All Thailand’s national soccer association fired Japanese head coach Akira Nishino on Thursday, citing poor performance of the Thai national football team including its recent exit in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.The Football Association of Thailand, in a brief statement, said the decision…

KYODO NEWS – Oct 27, 2022 – 21:28 | World, All Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday to seek a consensus in making any decision to address violence in Myanmar, which has been under military rule since a February 2021 coup.“The meeting unanimously agreed that decision-making in ASEAN shall be…

KYODO NEWS – Jan 28, 2023 – 18:07 | Sports, All Japan forward Riko Ueki hit a brace as Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza thumped INAC Kobe Leonessa 4-0 to lift the Empress’s Cup for a record-extending 16th time on Saturday.The 23-year-old Ueki volleyed home the opener in the 39th minute before doubling Beleza’s lead…

KYODO NEWS – Jul 11, 2022 – 20:30 | All, Japan, Coronavirus Japan “has no doubt entered” a seventh wave of coronavirus infections though there is currently no need for new movement restrictions, the head of a government COVID-19 experts panel told reporters on Monday.Shigeru Omi said the latest increase reflects the arrival of “a…

Por Rafael Godinho (@rafagodinho) 05/01/2023 06h03 Atualizado 05/01/2023 Nicole Bahls, de 37 anos, ganhou dois bebês macacos do namorado, o empresário Marcelo Viana, e para celebrar a chegada deles, ela fez um ensaio newborn com os pets. A influenciadora digital apresentou os animais de estimação, que ela considera como filhos e dormem em um berço…

KYODO NEWS – Nov 14, 2020 – 23:05 | Arts, All, Japan Legendary Kabuki actor Sakata Tojuro, who had been recognized by the Japanese government as a living national treasure, died of old age on Thursday, a Kabuki production company said. He was 88.A native of Kyoto, Tojuro came to prominence when, as a university…

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17/10/2022 08h59 Atualizado 17/10/2022 Anitta no clipe "Lobby" — Foto: @royalxrae E lá vem ela mais uma vez! Mesmo afastada das redes sociais há algumas semanas, Anitta continua movimentando a indústria do entretenimento. A cantora brasileira conquistou mais um feito histórico. Dessa vez, “Versions Of Me”, seu quinto álbum de estúdio, atingiu a marca de…