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Japanese Customer News
Thursday 15th March, 2012
1. Japanese customers take a shine to Jetstar Airlines
“ (Jetstar) It has carried more than two million passengers to and from Japan since launching services amid predictions that Japanese consumers would not accept low-cost carriers.”
Source: The Australian
2. Japanese convenience stores – loved by all!
Video – In Japanese with English subtitles
Source: Koinosuke
3. Billed proposed by DPJ hopes to get more part – time works be included in pension & health insurance plans
“..individuals employed for at least a year who work at least 20 hours a week and have annual incomes of 940,000 yen or more will be eligible to join corporate social insurance programs”
Source: Nikkei, Wed March 14, 2012 http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20120313D1303N01.htm
4. Tokyo ranks sixth in terms of competitiveness according to a new survey
“..Tokyo sixth among 120 major cities in the world in terms of competitiveness, according to a survey report released Monday by Citigroup Inc. and the research arm of The Economist magazine.”
Source: Japan Times
5. Japanese salarymen are ditching the tie at work according to survey as summer approaches
“83 percent of respondents said they would go tie-less all year if they could”
Source: Asahi Shimbun