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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2019

Japan's labor shortage and low-wage puzzle

Why does wage growth remain sluggish despite Japan's growing labor shortage?
Japan Times
WORLD
May 25, 2019

Promising jobs and to deal with corruption, Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in as South Africa's new president

Trade unionist-turned-businessman Cyril Ramaphosa was sworn in Saturday as South Africa's president, vowing to create jobs and tackle deep-rooted corruption that has strangled economic growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 8, 2019

Japan's labor shortage eats away at backbreaking work culture

When she worked in sales for a bank, Chihiro Narazaki was passed over for the best assignments in favor of older colleagues. Her input was discouraged and she often stayed late just to do routine paperwork.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 2, 2019

Gen Z is likely to temper aging socialist millennials

Coming of age in a world full of 'now hiring' signs, today's youngest voters could view capitalism much more fondly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2019

Nichii Gakkan says more closures to come after shuttering 50 Coco Juku English schools across Japan

Nichii Gakkan wrote in a statement it decided to close most of the language schools as they were deemed unlikely to turn a profit.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2019

As pool of candidates in rural Japan dwindles, Kochi village to allow councilors to retain side jobs

Faced with a rapidly shrinking population of elderly residents reluctant to run for seats on the local council, the village of Okawa, Kochi Prefecture, passed a referendum Monday designed to make it easier serve on the council while concurrently holding side jobs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 19, 2019

U.S. auto industry lines up against possible Trump tariffs on imports and slams secret report

The U.S. auto industry urged President Donald Trump's administration on Monday not to saddle imported cars and auto parts with steep tariffs, after the U.S. Commerce Department sent a confidential report to the White House late on Sunday with its recommendations for how to proceed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2019

Honda to shut sole U.K. plant in Swindon, imperiling 3,500 jobs just weeks ahead of Brexit

Honda built 160,000 vehicles at the Swindon factory last year, accounting for just over 10 percent of Britain's total output of 1.52 million cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 16, 2019

Amazon posts and then removes job listings for positions at new New York office

Amazon.com Inc. rolled back what initially appeared to be its first job listings for a new corporate campus in New York City, saying it planned to kick off the hiring process "later in 2019."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 1, 2019

Humming U.S. factories end 2018 on sour note as five Fed indexes slip, Trump trade worries surge

Five Federal Reserve indexes of regional manufacturing all slumped in December, the first time they've fallen in unison since May 2016 and the latest evidence that a pillar of the U.S. economy has started to wobble heading into next year.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 28, 2018

Invest in education and save the economy

Giving birth to dynamic companies in Japan will require nothing but education that values and nurtures extraordinary individuality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2018

Bank of Japan's ¥400 trillion cash injection changes little for ordinary people

It's been the most radical cash injection in history — nearly ¥400 trillion pumped into Japan's economy over more than five years to slay deflation and kick growth into higher gear.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 29, 2018

Faced with Japan's changing habits and demographics, delivery firm Sagawa looks to diversify

Sagawa delivery driver Keisuke Kawabe has seen the video that went viral on the internet two years ago of one of his colleagues smashing up parcels out of frustration that the customer wasn't home, and he doesn't approve.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2018

Emigration — not immigration — one of top Japanese concerns amid shrinking population: Pew poll

With Japan's population of 127 million expected to shrink to 88 million by 2065, many appear unsettled by the perceived balance between emigration and immigration.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2018

U.S. taxpayers count the cost of Foxconn's artful deal in Wisconsin

Whatever Americans were hoping for when they elected Donald Trump president in 2016, it's a fair bet that it didn't include shoveling billions of dollars of American taxpayer money to foreign companies to build white-elephant factories.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Oct 22, 2018

New Japan residence status planned for foreign blue-collar workers

The Justice Ministry has announced the gist of draft revisions to laws including the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act to create two new types of visa.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2018

Why workers need better raises

Workers' wages have not increased as fast as they should in the face of the manpower supply shortage.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2018

Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women, say sources

Amazon.com Inc.'s machine-learning specialists learned something unexpected from the machine: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 31, 2018

Japan's factory output declines due to natural disasters and slowing exports, raising growth worries

The country's industrial output fell for a third straight month in July, as factory activity struggled to pick up due to slowing exports and flooding that disrupted production. This was compounded by global trade tensions that cloud the export-reliant economy's outlook.
EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2018

Secure proper conditions for foreign workers

With more low-skilled workers coming in from overseas, Japan must improve their work and living conditions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2018

Job perks on rise in Japan as labor crunch reshapes how companies attract workers

Misaki Harada wants to quit her job as a receptionist at a restaurant management company in Tokyo and move into marketing for an apparel-maker.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jun 24, 2018

Two Japan Supreme Court cases clarify when discrimination against fixed-term workers is OK

June 1, 2018, saw two verdicts from two similar cases handed down by the Supreme Court, both based on the 2012 amendment to the Labor Contract Law.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2018

Panel balks at proposing the killing of Japan's political fairness clause

The proposal had drawn criticism for potentially opening up the nation's airwaves to a deluge of politically charged programs and internet-driven 'fake news.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2018

Trump's sudden vow to help China's sanctions-violating ZTE telecom giant spurs backlash in Washington

President Donald Trump's pledge to help a Chinese telecommunication company that broke U.S. sanctions law sparked a backlash from lawmakers who said the move could weaken the U.S. hand in upcoming trade talks with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2018

Trade believed key topic as Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook meet at White House

President Donald Trump met with Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday to discuss trade issues as the technology industry grapples with a U.S. spat over import tariffs with China, a manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker and other companies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2018

Mega-banks to slash new hires in spring 2019 as ultralow interest rates take toll

Japan's three mega-banking groups plan to hire fewer new graduates in April 2019, it was learned Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2018

How to unleash Japan's animal spirits

The postwar system that built Japan's formidable middle class is faltering. A two-tiered employment system is needed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2018

45 U.S. trade groups urge Trump against China tech tariffs, as rift widens between president and industry

Forty-five U.S. trade associations representing some of the largest companies in the country are urging President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on China, warning it would be "particularly harmful" to the U.S. economy and consumers.

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After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan