80% of workers in Japan's creative industries have been harassed within last decade
Some sexual harassment victims complained of unreasonable requests for nudity, while others said they were pressured to give sexual favors in exchange for jobs.
Retroactive aid payments eyed for big Japanese firms' nonregular workers
"We'll take into consideration a series of requests that were made in the run-up to the emergency declaration," labor minister Norihisa Tamura said.
Burned out? EU lawmakers say it’s fine for you to log off
Some European countries, including France, already have a right to disconnect written into national law.
Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime
Fewer Japanese people want to work in sewing jobs, one industry insider said.
Record 5,160 firms employing foreign trainees in Japan violated labor laws in 2018, ministry says
A record 5,160 business facilities employing foreign technical intern trainees were told in 2018 to correct practices that violated labor-related laws, the labor ministry has said. The number shot up from 4,226 in 2017, in line with an increase in foreigners working under the country's ...
Sumitomo under fire over labor dispute and rights abuses at Philippines banana plantation
Two representatives from a Philippines labor union on Tuesday protested what they claim are unfair labor practices and human rights abuses at a banana plantation run by a fruit company affiliated with Sumitomo Corp. Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Paul John Dizon, president ...
Bhutanese exchange students face extortion, threats and hard times in Japan, families say
Many participants say the program is a scam and they are being forced to repay loans by working illegally long hours.
Subaru death-from-overwork probe finds 3,400 staff were not paid overtime for two years
Subaru Corp. on Friday said it did not pay overtime wages over a two-year period to some 3,400 employees who underreported their hours, a revelation that surfaced in an internal probe following the 2016 suicide of an overworked employee. The automaker, known for its Legacy ...
Nomura unit told to end abuse of work system that forced hundreds to engage in unpaid overtime
The Tokyo Labor Bureau has advised Nomura Real Estate Development Co. to take corrective measures against its abuse of a discretionary work system that forced hundreds of employees to work unpaid overtime, the bureau and other sources said Tuesday. The advisory was issued Monday, and ...
Nominees announced for Japan's sixth annual Black Company Awards
Hollywood's bad-film awards are not much more than a joke. But the nominees for Japan's Most Evil Corporation of the Year Award, also known as the Black Company Award, highlighting the ugly side of corporate Japan and its culture, have nothing to laugh about. A group ...
'To Each His Own': Every wage slave needs a friend like this, but who is he?
Izuru Narushima's "To Each His Own" is a serious treatment of the theme of "black companies" that flirts with fantasy in its first half but shades to heart-warming melodrama in its second.
Japan suffers from the grand illusion of prosperity
There are so many reasons to hate your job, if you're lucky enough to have one. The top four, according to Spa! magazine, are: stagnant salaries; a sense of being underappreciated and underevaluated; an overriding, unfocused anxiety; and a lost sense of purpose. Sixteen additional ...
