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BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Dec 26, 2015

Ripped-off bar hostesses in Japan stand up for their rights

With an increase in nonregular employment driving more women into the night entertainment business, some are turning to labor unions to deal with clubs that try to con them.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 5, 2015

Exploiting student workers, interns is easy

Although times are slowly changing, companies still hold a decidedly upper hand when it comes to violating the basic rights of student workers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2015

Disruptive job-hunting season

Companies should consider changing their recruiting schedules so they have less of an impact on students' studies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 29, 2015

Despite labor crunch, Japanese firms slow to accept disabled applicants

Law graduate Yusuke Hatsuse says he thought his college degree and national sports success would make him an attractive recruit for Japan's best-known employers. When none invited him for interviews, he applied for virtually every job he could find.
WORLD / Society
Oct 21, 2015

U.N. report shows women inching slowly, unevenly toward equality

Women are more educated, marrying later and living longer worldwide but millions remain illiterate and trapped by work that pays little or nothing, according to a United Nations report on Tuesday assessing progress over the past two decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 15, 2015

Group petitions for revisions to labor laws to help keep new mothers in work

A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization fighting matahara, workplace discrimination against pregnant women and the intimidation of those trying for a child, is seeking revisions to the child care leave law on the grounds that it discriminates against nonregular workers.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Oct 7, 2015

Red flags and exit strategies: advice for English teachers in Japan

It's important for new instructors in Japan to know when they are being exploited, and, if so, how to improve their lot or extricate themselves from the situation as painlessly as possible.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2015

Park seeks reform of South Korea's rigid labor laws

In the past year, Kim Yoon-sung applied to about 120 companies for a job, and could not land even one.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 7, 2015

In bid to retain voter loyalty, Singapore rulers nudge policy playbook a little to the left

At breakfast time one day last week, K. Shanmugam, a Singapore government minister, dropped in to a bustling food court to greet voters, listen to their grumbles and urge them to back the People's Action Party (PAP) in this Friday's general election.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2015

Protesting ferry workers block Calais port; Channel Tunnel closed

Ferry workers on Tuesday threatened to continue their protest on Wednesday after blocking Calais' port for two days, forcing the closure of the Channel Tunnel linking France and England for several hours.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 14, 2015

Sharp to cut 3,500 jobs after latest loss

The troubled electronics maker said it will act to create new profit-driving ventures, but that its LCD business is likely to continue to weigh heavily on the company.
EDITORIALS
May 10, 2015

Much-needed probe into overwork

Analyzing the causes and impact of overwork is a long-overdue step, but much more needs to be done.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Apr 26, 2015

'Zero Overtime Bill' is the thin end of the wedge for workers' rights

Although you may feel this amendment to the Labor Standards Law has nothing to do with you, the net will be cast wider and before you know it we will all be caught up in it.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2015

U.S. students losing interest in China as dream jobs prove elusive

American students are getting cold feet about studying Chinese in China, with many study abroad programs in the country seeing a substantial drop in enrolment over the last few years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 6, 2015

Nomura, SMBC Nikko boost graduate hiring as stocks gain

Nomura Holdings Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. accelerated hiring of university graduates this year as the stock market rally brightens prospects for securities firms.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2015

Obama's State of the Union speech shows populism has gone mainstream in U.S. politics

President Barack Obama reached into his party's progressive past to deliver a robust endorsement of higher taxes for the wealthy, government intervention in the economy and an array of new benefits for lower- and middle-income Americans.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Jan 14, 2015

Worst-case scenarios make good sense but can lead to silliness

Worst-case scenarios make good sense to too many people in Japan, and in turn influence decisions in ways that can only be described as . . . silly.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2014

Suicides rise among young as Indian society modernizes; mental health problems go untreated

Pinki Chauhan, a straight-A Indian physics and math student, arrived at her university campus shortly after breakfast, poured gasoline over her wispy frame and lit a match.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 22, 2014

NTV's ideal announcer proves problematic

The current government wants women to demonstrate their full potential in the workplace, which means transcending gender roles and achieving occupational parity with their male counterparts.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2014

Courting liberals, Clinton takes tougher line on big business

Long viewed as an ally by Wall Street, likely 2016 presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton has increasingly been taking banks and big business to task while on the campaign trail for Democrats across the United States.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 17, 2014

Abe's jobs push beyond Tokyo spurs regional lending

Lending in September by regional banks grew at triple the pace of the nation's megabanks as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acted to rejuvenate areas outside of Tokyo.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Sep 24, 2014

Job insecurity among Japan's university teachers is a recipe for further decline

Increasing the number of academic working poor hired as part-time teachers flies in the face of the education ministry's call to build universities that 'can compete on the world stage.'
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Aug 30, 2014

Kazu Kuzuwata: 'You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down'

Name: Kazu KuzuwataAge: 34
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Aug 27, 2014

Tipping points: Japan, North America and the limits of performance pay

Many in Japan believe that performance pay equals the American way, full stop. But the U.S. custom of tipping even for mediocre service suggests things are not so clear-cut.

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