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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 12, 2019

Foreign student numbers don't tell whole tale

The government's goal of strategically attracting outstanding students from abroad under its plan to accept 300,000 foreign students is far from accomplished.
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2019

Japan to draw up plans to support workers stuck in nonregular employment in their 30s and 40s

The government has decided to draw up a program aimed at facilitating stable employment of nonregular workers in their 30s and 40s who were unable to obtain regular positions upon graduation from universities or other educational institutions due to the tough job market at the time.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2019

Probe reveals 759 cases of suspected abuse and 171 deaths of foreign trainees in Japan

The Justice Ministry's probe into the Technical Intern Training Program confirms growing concerns about a link between the trainees' working conditions and their growing disappearances from companies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 29, 2019

Vietnamese nun in Tokyo prays for compatriots who lost lives at work in Japan, fearing more to come

Rows of wooden mortuary tablets inscribed with names line an altar at a Buddhist temple in Tokyo — silent testimony to Vietnamese people who died after coming to Japan to work or study.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 26, 2019

Elderly workers: Expectations and challenges

Labor system reforms have the potential to pave the way for greater roles for elderly workers in the workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2019

For China drone-maker DJI, the real money in labor-starved Japan is in the industrial sector

Amid severe labor shortages, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to perform human tasks is sure to grow, and DJI, the world's biggest drone-maker, is ready to respond, the firm's Japan head said.
JAPAN / Society
Mar 13, 2019

Nearly half of LGBT graduates in Japan report having uncomfortable experiences in job interviews

Over 40 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual students and over 80 percent of transgender students in Japan had uncomfortable experiences during job interviews, a survey by a nonprofit organization showed Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 6, 2019

Reform the labor practices peculiar to Japan

Many of the labor practices prevalent in Japan are quite extraordinary in light of global standards.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 6, 2019

After almost a year behind the wheel, Tokyo's foreign cab drivers reflect on navigating a new way of life

Growing up in Canada, Alex Lipson never imagined he would one day become a taxi driver — especially not on the other side of the world in Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Feb 25, 2019

In the Japanese workplace, take training into your own hands

When I graduated from college and went to work for a consulting firm in Chicago, for the first week I was asked to sit next to someone who had worked there for a couple of years in the same role, who methodically took me through everything I needed to know in order to do my job.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2019

2,850 Fujitsu workers apply for voluntary retirement amid IT-focused restructuring

Fujitsu Ltd. said Tuesday that 2,850 workers have applied for voluntary retirement offered as part of restructuring efforts to strengthen its information technology services and streamline its back-office operations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2019

Japan's women need more than office jobs

If the country wants to slow its population decline, it must abolish its two-track labor system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 12, 2019

Japanese companies warming up — slowly — to four-day workweek

Once synonymous with long work hours, Japanese companies are beginning to embrace — or at least consider — the idea of a four-day workweek.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2019

Young gun U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez begins to sketch out details of 'Green New Deal'

Environmental legislation dubbed a Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has drawn widespread attention — despite the fact that no one really knows for sure what it is.
EDITORIALS
Feb 2, 2019

What's missing from the 'boom'

More significant wage hikes to shore up consumer demand are needed, along with accelerated efforts to develop new growth sectors through structural reforms and deregulation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2019

Trump administration widens callback of U.S. workers with pay to blunt damage from shutdown

The State Department told employees they're going back to work with pay despite the partial government shutdown, as the Trump administration continues to craft exemptions aimed at minimizing the effects of the funding impasse with Congress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jan 11, 2019

Moon Jae-in doubles down on his unpopular economic agenda for South Korea

Moon Jae-in began his second full year as South Korea's president with a reminder of what didn't work in the first — namely his economic policies.
EDITORIALS
Jan 10, 2019

Face challenges of a shrinking, aging population

In addition to taking measures to raise the fertility rate, the government should introduce policies geared to the reality that the aging and shrinking of the population will continue for the foreseeable future.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2018

78% of Japanese high school students seeking jobs after graduation land offers

A government survey has shown that 78.2 percent of high school students hoping to work after their graduation next spring had secured job offers as of the end of October.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 5, 2018

Thomson Reuters to cut 3,200 jobs by 2020, offer fewer products

Thomson Reuters Corp. said it plans to cut its workforce by 12 percent, or 3,200 positions, by 2020 as part of a push to reduce spending.
EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2018

Address issues in the technical intern program

Any practices where abuse of foreign workers is suspected should be eliminated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2018

Computers may reshape jobs, but they won't eliminate them

Take predictions that artificial intelligence and robots will cause massive unemployment in the future with a grain of salt.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
Tokyo emerges as a top market for global tech talent
Tokyo ranks among the world's top tech talent hubs alongside Beijing, the San Francisco Bay Area, Bengaluru, Paris, New York and Dublin, according to Colliers' newly released global tech markets report.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
CDP leader criticizes ‘Japanese First’ policy and calls for inclusive society
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda said it is obvious that Japanese society could not function without the help of foreign workers in manufacturing, health care, construction and public transportation.
JSA’s 100th anniversary event is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for sumo fans
Egyptian wrestler Osunaarashi has some fun with children during a special Japan Sumo Association event in 2017.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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