For Megumi Iizuka's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Changing the cultural mindset entrenched in Japanese society that underestimates and undervalues women's abilities is not only key to promoting them to leadership positions, it will also lead to wider social and financial gains for all. That is what Irene Natividad, president of the Global ...
Muslims in Japan have launched a community outreach program as part of efforts to bridge the gap with locals and counter the perception that Islam is linked with terrorism. Since late September, about a dozen Muslims who are regular visitors to a mosque in the ...
Aging settlements nestled in mountain valleys or fishing villages are drawing more than just retirees who want to live in seclusion. Nowadays, aspiring young people are feeling the charm of such locations, sensing the potential to start anew, leading in some cases to the rescue ...
Three years after leaving his home in Aleppo to seek safety from Syria's ongoing civil war, Ismael, an asylum seeker in Japan, feels life has not changed for the better. Being denied refugee status and unable to unite with his family, the 30-year-old, who withheld ...
Investors wait for SoftBank to revise its global growth strategy after Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son's plan to shake up the U.S. market hits a wall.
Moves by businesses and citizens to set up renewable energy plants at the regional level have been spreading in the hope of breaking away from nuclear power in light of the man-made disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 plant triggered by the March 2011 ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Osamu Masuko says the automaker is considering raising employees' pay and also resuming dividend payments for the first time in over 16 years in fiscal 2013, reflecting its recovery from a decade of slumping sales. Asked during a recent interview with ...
Sri took what appeared to be a lucrative job offer at a Thai restaurant in Japan to earn money to put her younger brother through school. But she never imagined upon arriving from Thailand that she would find herself bound to her broker by a ...
With applications for refugee status reaching record levels, a number of Japanese businesses are providing employment and training to people forced to flee their home country due to war and persecution, with emphasis on genuine vocational opportunities rather than charity. Mohammad Mawaheb Seraj Eddin, a ...
Tokyo stocks have surged to multiyear highs on the back of the yen's tumble, brought on by the Bank of Japan's powerful credit easing measures and hopes of a sustainable recovery in the U.S. Analysts believe the stock rally will continue over the long term, ...
