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China: Playful Tiger Cub Sneaks Up on Caretaker in Harbin Zoo

This video was filmed at a zoo in Harbin, Heilongjiang, on August 26, 2025. It captured the cute moment when a tiger cub tried to catch his caretaker off guard, but was quickly noticed, scooped into his arms, and turned into a cuddly kitten.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Combined photo shows Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura (L) and Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino holding talks in Tokyo on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino meets the press after a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively commenced.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks to the press after a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, as the year's spring wage negotiations effectively commenced.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino (C) speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with Japan Business Federation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 22, 2025, effectively starting the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, Feb. 1 Kyodo - Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations. (Kyodo)

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation and the Japan Business Federation hold a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Feb. 1, 2024, following the start of the year's spring wage negotiations.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (L), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, on March 17, 2010, speak after most major Japanese manufacturers offered the same day to resume automatic annual pay hikes this year as demanded by their trade unions. Such pay hikes were frozen last year amid the global recession. Their offer came at the peak of annual spring labor-management wage bargaining.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara, president of the International Metalworkers Federation-Japan Council of Metalworkers Union (IMF-JC), speaks at a news conference at IMF-JC headquarters in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, after management of major Japanese manufacturers replied to unions' demand for pay hikes. Annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak the same day in Japan.

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Satoshi Ozawa speaks about the management's reply to the union's demand for a pay hike at a news conference at Toyota's headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 17, 2010, as annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak.

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Annual wage talks begin with focus on pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (standing), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a meeting with Japanese business leaders, including Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2010. The meeting heralded the start of annual spring wage negotiations between labor unions and management.

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining.

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks in a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, which effectively kicked off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (C), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, effectively kicking off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese.

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Union, business leaders divided over labor issues

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) (front) and those from the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) (back) hold their first meeting of this year's annual spring labor-management wage talks in Tokyo on Jan. 29.

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Unions urge equal treatment for foreign workers

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign workers rally in front of the head office of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 10 to urge the state and companies to treat foreign and Japanese workers equally. The Zentoitsu Workers Union, which has foreign members, and four other unions made the demand to coincide with Japan's ''shunto'' annual spring labor-management wage talks.

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(2)Toyota Motor, union agree on no pay-scale hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Masamoto Azuma, chairman of the Toyota Motor Corp. workers union, speaks at a news conference March 13 following conclusion of annual spring wage talks March 13. The union accepted the management's offer for no monthly wage hikes, apart from a regularly scheduled seniority-based monthly hike of 6,500 yen.

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(1)Toyota Motor, union agree on no pay-scale hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., talks with the media March 13 after Japan's biggest automaker and its union ended annual spring wage talks with an agreement on no pay-scale hikes apart from a regularly scheduled seniority-based monthly hike of 6,500 yen.

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Unions not to put forth wage hike demand to keep jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Central Committee members of Rengo, the nation's largest confederation of labor unions, meet in a Tokyo hotel Nov. 13, 2001. Rengo officials said they will not put forth a uniform wage increase during annual wage negotiations this coming spring, in the hope the move would discourage employers from cutting jobs.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japan Business Federation Chairman Masakazu Tokura speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation on Jan. 26, 2022, as annual spring wage negotiations enter the full-fledged phase.

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Annual spring wage talks in Japan

Japanese Trade Union Confederation President Tomoko Yoshino speaks during a meeting in Tokyo with the Japan Business Federation on Jan. 26, 2022, as annual spring wage negotiations enter the full-fledged phase.

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Unions not to put forth wage hike demand to keep jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Central Committee members of Rengo, the nation's largest confederation of labor unions, meet in a Tokyo hotel Nov. 13, 2001. Rengo officials said they will not put forth a uniform wage increase during annual wage negotiations this coming spring, in the hope the move would discourage employers from cutting jobs.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (C), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, effectively kicking off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, which effectively kicked off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Business Federation in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining. (Kyodo)

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Labor chief meets business community head, demands higher wages

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, speaks in a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 23. The meeting came in the run-up to labor-management wage talks for this spring's annual spring offensive wage bargaining. (Kyodo)

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Toyota to hike base wages for 3rd yr, but half of union's demand

File photo taken in February 2016 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the headquarters of Toyota Motor Corp. in the central Japanese city of Toyota. It was reported on March 15 that the auto giant plans to raise base wages for the third year running following its annual spring wage talks, although by half of the 3,000 yen ($26) per month sought by the firm's labor union. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual spring wage talks

Officials of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation and the Japan Business Federation hold a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2021, as annual spring wage negotiations for 2021 enter a full-fledged phase.

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Toyota to hike base wages for 3rd yr, but half of union's demand

Members of Toyota Motor Corp.'s labor union raise their fists in solidarity in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 10, 2016. The carmaker plans to raise base wages for the third year running following its annual spring wage talks, although by half of the 3,000 yen ($26) per month sought by the union, sources close to the talks said on March 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese national labor center leader meets press in Tokyo

Rikio Kozu, new president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), meets the press in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2015. Rengo held a Central Steering Committee meeting the same day to discuss strategy for annual wage negotiations in spring 2016. Rengo is poised to demand an average pay hike of around 2 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (L), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, on March 17, 2010, speak after most major Japanese manufacturers offered the same day to resume automatic annual pay hikes this year as demanded by their trade unions. Such pay hikes were frozen last year amid the global recession. Their offer came at the peak of annual spring labor-management wage bargaining. (Kyodo)

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Koichiro Nishihara, president of the International Metalworkers Federation-Japan Council of Metalworkers Union (IMF-JC), speaks at a news conference at IMF-JC headquarters in Tokyo on March 17, 2010, after management of major Japanese manufacturers replied to unions' demand for pay hikes. Annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak the same day in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Major manufacturers to implement automatic annual pay hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. Senior Managing Director Satoshi Ozawa speaks about the management's reply to the union's demand for a pay hike at a news conference at Toyota's headquarters in the city of Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on March 17, 2010, as annual spring labor-management wage bargaining reached a peak. (Kyodo)

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Annual wage talks begin with focus on pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (standing), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a meeting with Japanese business leaders, including Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2010. The meeting heralded the start of annual spring wage negotiations between labor unions and management. (Kyodo)

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(1)Toyota Motor, union agree on no pay-scale hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Mitsuo Kinoshita, managing director of Toyota Motor Corp., talks with the media March 13 after Japan's biggest automaker and its union ended annual spring wage talks with an agreement on no pay-scale hikes apart from a regularly scheduled seniority-based monthly hike of 6,500 yen.

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(2)Toyota Motor, union agree on no pay-scale hikes

TOYOTA, Japan - Masamoto Azuma, chairman of the Toyota Motor Corp. workers union, speaks at a news conference March 13 following conclusion of annual spring wage talks March 13. The union accepted the management's offer for no monthly wage hikes, apart from a regularly scheduled seniority-based monthly hike of 6,500 yen.

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Keidanren chief Nakanishi

Hiroaki Nakanishi (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, the nation's biggest business lobby known as Keidanren, speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 13, 2019, about the annual spring wage negotiations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Union, business leaders divided over labor issues

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) (front) and those from the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) (back) hold their first meeting of this year's annual spring labor-management wage talks in Tokyo on Jan. 29. (Kyodo)

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Unions urge equal treatment for foreign workers

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign workers rally in front of the head office of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 10 to urge the state and companies to treat foreign and Japanese workers equally. The Zentoitsu Workers Union, which has foreign members, and four other unions made the demand to coincide with Japan's ''shunto'' annual spring labor-management wage talks. (Kyodo)