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 ...

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

Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp. on Nov. 26 announced it will lead the group, which includes Japan's Shikoku Electric Power along ...

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 ...

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

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. According to ...

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 ...