In Japan, there is usually one bonus for summer and one for winter, and the sums involved are often quite substantial. Now Nikkei (via Automaton) reports that Sony and Bandai Namco has decided to do ...

A previous version of this story carried the headline “Babies born in winter less likely to become obese adults, Japan study finds.” This has been corrected to reflect that the researchers ...

For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa ...