Hokkaido Prefecture has opened a dedicated website on preventing 'kasuhara' customer harassment, offering employer seminars, legal consultations, and multilingual awareness posters.
Japan's communications authority is accepting public comments on proposed revisions to guidelines governing how mobile carriers measure and report real-world internet speeds to users.
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government has held seminars, a symposium and a jobs fair in Vietnam under its fiscal 2026 program to help local employers recruit and retain foreign workers.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare published its preliminary Monthly Labour Statistics Survey for September 2026, covering wages, working hours and employment data.
The National Tax Agency issued an official notice about the sending of provisional corporate tax and interim consumption tax return forms along with payment slips, though specific deadlines were not detailed in the notice itself.
Japan's National Police Agency is accepting public comments through December 5 on a draft cabinet order amending rules under the law regulating adult entertainment businesses.
Hokkaido's government is holding a public forum in Sapporo on November 19, 2026, to raise awareness of the disability discrimination elimination law and the prefecture's own disability rights ordinance.
The Digital Agency announced that residents affected by the 2026 Kumamoto earthquake can apply online for disaster certificates (罹災証明書) via Myna Portal or municipal systems, though availability varies by city and town.
The Japan Meteorological Agency lowered Mt. Meakan's eruption warning from Level 2 to Level 1 on November 4, citing waning volcanic activity since earlier small eruptions.
The National Tax Agency has refreshed its special website explaining a proposed two-year reduction in the consumption tax rate on food and beverages, adding new videos, a draft tax return form and briefing information.
The Immigration Services Agency has refreshed Ukraine evacuee statistics, updated university lists for the highly skilled professional points system and J-Find program, and announced a Sinhala-language orientation session for December 2026.
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government has designated 13 companies, including PayPay, Rakuten Group and Amazon Japan, as official payment agents under the Local Autonomy Act, with several address updates also noted.
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is inviting public comments on a draft ministerial order that would revise rules on interconnection fees for Type I designated telecommunications facilities.