China placed a buoy within Japan's exclusive economic zone earlier this year without notifying Tokyo, which called the move ...

In a policy blending feudal honour with modern banking, Japan’s Shikoku Bank requires employees to sign a blood oath, ...

Holy smokes it’s real Shikoku Bank was previously Number 37 National Bank第三十七国立銀行 which made all 23 employees sign with their ...

Four major Japanese and Korean energy companies have jointly won the rights to build and operate a natural gas-fired power ...

The leadership of Japan's Shikoku Bank has signed a pledge in blood promising to ‘commit suicide’ if found embezzling money.

A bank in Japan has implemented an extraordinary policy where employees have signed a pledge in blood, promising to take ...

In a striking demonstration of accountability, executives at Japan's Shikoku Bank have signed a blood oath pledging to abstain from financial misconduct, with the extreme consequence of committing ...

Shikoku, a Japanese bank, is redefining "strong work ethic" after staff members pledged to "commit suicide" if they were ...

A massive power outage hit the Shikoku region in southwestern Japan on Saturday, November 9, at around 8:20 p.m., leaving more than 360,000 homes without power and halting train services.

Typhoon No. 4 made landfall near Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, shortly before 6 a.m. on July 5, dumping record levels of heavy rain in the Kyushu and Shikoku regions. The Japan Meteorological ...