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Why We Like People Who Ask Us for Favors
Time via Yahoo Style Singapore· 1 month 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· 2 months agoWith a history spanning more than 1,200 years, “hadaka matsuri,” or the naked festival, is Japanese...
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...
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...
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...
The world’s hottest housing markets are facing a painful reset
Bloomberg via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 2 years agoAround the world, soaring borrowing costs are squeezing homebuyers and property owners alike....
Analysis-Japan's debt time bomb to complicate BOJ exit path
Reuters via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 1 year agoJapan's ticking debt time bomb will likely complicate the next central bank governor's task of...
Japanese former leader Abe honored at divisive state funeral
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoJapan's assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, was given a rare state funeral Tuesday full...
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,...