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Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture. Japan's PM Sanae Takaichi at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo The move comes after the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi - a self-proclaimed workaholic - adopted a growth strategy in July calling for revisions to the current oversight of work hours. The change in part reflects calls fro

Japan's justice ministry said Friday it will cancel a collaboration with a controversial Netflix dating show featuring ex-juvenile delinquents, following backlash against what some called the glorification of crimes. This picture taken on April 17, 2026 shows "Badly in Love" Season 1 participant Otoha posing at an event that can be translated as the "Great Yankii Exhibition", in Tokyo Earlier this month, the ministry launched an unusual partnership with the streaming giant's