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Why We Like People Who Ask Us for Favors
Time via Yahoo Style Singapore· 2 months agoCredit - Getty Images Here’s a quick quiz. Person A does a favor for you. Person B asks you to do a favor for him. Who are you liable to like more? The...
Women’s participation in ‘naked festival’ a sign of how aging is forcing changes to male-centric...
CNN via Yahoo Style Singapore· 3 months agoWith a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese...
Japan Inc set to offer big wage hikes, paving way for end to negative rates
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 months agoSome of Japan's biggest companies are expected to formally offer sizeable pay increases at annual talks with unions that wrap up on Wednesday, clearing the way for the central bank to end negative ...
Japan Inc set to offer bumper pay hikes, paving way for BOJ stimulus exit
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 5 months agoBig Japanese companies look set to formally offer hefty pay hikes at annual wage talks with unions...
Analysis-Japan's back-to-back wage bonanza would open door for BOJ exit
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 8 months agoJapan's big employers are set to follow this year's bumper pay hikes with another round in 2024,...
Xi-Biden meeting seen as putting rocky relations back on course, though main differences remain
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 8 months agoPerhaps just shaking hands and sitting down together can be enough sometimes. At their four-hour...
Japan's base salaries jump most since 1995, puts BOJ policy into view
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 year agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's nominal base salary grew at the fastest pace in 28 years in May, government...
Japan's firms offer biggest pay hikes in 30 years, wage growth broadens
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 year agoTOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms offered the biggest pay hikes in three decades at this year's...
Analysis-Inflation, labour crunch prodding Japan's smaller firms to raise pay
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 year agoRising inflation and an intensifying labour crunch are prodding smaller local Japanese firms to...
Japan's lower house approves Ueda as next BOJ chief
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 year agoJapan's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved the government's nominees for next central bank governor and deputy governors, signing off on a...