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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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2018

The impact of accepting unskilled foreign labor

The new visa system will lack durability unless the needs of employers, local communities and foreigners are balanced.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2018

A decade of U.S. economic sluggishness may have just snapped back to normal

For a solid decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in a global financial crisis, there was good reason to think the U.S. economy remained broken, from skepticism about the health of the labor market to tepid economic growth and the moribund rate of interest paid on U.S. Treasury bonds....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2018

Amazon ditching bonuses and stock awards to help pay wage hike to $15 an hour

Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2018

Having outperformed Topix, a pioneer female money manager takes her womenomics fund to U.S.

Miyuki Kashima was one of the first female fund managers in Japan, with a career that dates back to the mid-1980s, before the country's bubble burst. Now she's outperforming the benchmark index by buying companies that hire and promote more women.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2018

Ford may slash 12% of jobs in revamp of Europe operations: U.K. media

Ford Motor Co. may cut up to 24,000 jobs and stop producing models such as the Mondeo as it tries to revive its European business, the Sunday Times reported over the weekend.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2018

Jobs for people with disabilities

The government is depriving depriving people with disabilities of the job opportunities they deserve.
Reader Mail
Jul 27, 2018

Outsourcing teaching jobs bad for schools

David John raises crucial points in his July 13 letter "Teachers and students lose while companies rake in profit."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2018

Wages aren't rising; these theories could explain why

Why isn't the strong demand for labor pushing up wages?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 4, 2018

Fukuoka's 'guest teachers' of English outstay their welcome

Job insecurity, excessive secrecy and legal curbs on dispatch teachers come under the spotlight as 120 teachers lose their classes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2018

Trump's next $100 billion tariff dilemma: Hit Walmart or Apple?

U.S. consumers may be about to feel directly the effects of the trade fight started by U.S. President Donald Trump with China and other countries this year, when a new list of Chinese imports to be taxed is announced in coming days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018

Too much of an education could be bad for your future

While school rucksacks in Japan may be getting heavier, the prospects for the over-educated may be getting bleaker.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2018

Trump to visit St. Louis Boeing plant to tout impact of tax overhaul

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit a Boeing Co. plant in St. Louis on Wednesday to tout the impact of the tax overhaul bill signed into law in December, a White House official said on Sunday.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
For Uniqlo’s founder, conquering America is personal
A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Sho-time as dazzling Ohtani powers Dodgers into World Series with historic performance
Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
What does Jimbocho think of its unexpected ‘cool’ status?
Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
Masanori Murakami became the first MLB player from Japan when he made his debut with the Giants on Sept 1, 1964.
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Rock group The Yellow Monkey played K-Arena Yokohama in June as part of a nationwide tour. Concerts are increasingly popular in the age of social media as users value in-person experiences.
Inside Japan’s arena boom: Sports, sound and city-building
By Patrick St. Michel

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