McDonald’s Japan is in trouble now. After having lost a previous lawsuit for overtime pay from a manager, more are coming now from past and present managers who also found themselves effectively being paid less and worked more after promotion.
This article out today shows that McDonald’s Japan is going to have to start trying to settle these cases and appease current managers or face the consequences later.
In a previous post I wrote about six Kyoto University of Education students who raped a girl at a party in February. The university never reported the incident to police until June. There were some pretty outrageous moral violations by the school, such things as refusing to report the incident to authorities, and the fact…
Crash into me with a battleship once, shame on me… crash into me with a battleship twice, shame on… I don’t know… maybe… Defense Minister Ishiba? How is this MSDF collision with Cambodian freighter in Vietnam going to influence calls for Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s dismissal?
Employees of the Kobe love hotel “Swing” were arrested in a recent police sting for lending Wii and PlayStation 3 to customers. Yes, they let guests of the hotel use their Wiis for entertainment without permission of copyright holders of games such as Mario Cart and BioHazard 5. With all that may or may not…
On January 18th, Suntory Holdings’ announced that blue roses will be available at Suntory Flowers shops starting on the 29th. Some prefectures may experience delays due to the possibility of frost, specifically Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, and Akita. The flowers were also sold in limited quantities in 2009 and 2010, with 2010 seeing over 50,000 sold….
Here’s the story that caught my eye today… “Students use mobile phones over an hour a day for e-mail, Net surfing” (Japan Times) Point one: This headline is misleading because it includes elementary school kids. If you looked at the average times mentioned at the bottom, the average for junior and senior high kids is…