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CO WORKING

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2018
Womenomics: Mend the gap
More Japanese women are working, but many still professionally underachieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 14, 2018
SoftBank commits another $3 billion to WeWork
SoftBank Group Corp. is continuing to push money into one of its biggest investments: WeWork Cos.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2018
Amid Japan's changing work-style landscape, office space provider WeWork grows at a dizzying pace
The seven-story tower with a glass exterior near Tokyo's trendy Omotesando district serves not just as a co-working space with computers and free Wi-Fi. There is also a pantry, a bar counter and a spacious lounge where you can drink freshly roasted coffee and beer on tap free of charge. There is even a room for meditation or prayer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jul 7, 2018
Can co-working spaces change work culture in Japan?
Freelancers aren't the only people utilizing shared office space these days, with companies increasingly looking at getting in on the act.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2018
Japan modernizing workplace conditions to lure new mothers back
With Japan's demographic challenges causing a workforce crunch that is proving difficult for companies to overcome, many are now offering flexible conditions to allow new mothers to return to full-time careers while maintaining their work-family balance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 26, 2017
Japanese manufacturers answer government's call for healthier working environments with fitness-minded office equipment
Manufacturers are accelerating the development of health-enhancing office furniture, to capitalize on a government-led campaign to improve Japan's working environments.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2017
Japan begins to embrace baby-sitting as day care services elude
The demand for baby sitters in Japan is soaring amid a shortage of public day care services for preschool children.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2017
Calbee sees granola boom by pitching to Japanese working women
Calbee Inc.'s granola snack had been around for 20 years, with no real change to its recipe or sales. Then a female marketing executive turned things around by pitching the cereal as a time-saver for a growing class of consumers just like her: working mothers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 2, 2017
Toyota eyes expanding number of workers eligible for flexible hours
Toyota Motor Corp. is considering expanding the number of employees eligible for its flexible working hours system and guaranteeing 45 hours of extra work pay a month regardless of actual overtime hours, its officials said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2017
Workplace abuse of employees with disabilities on the decline in Japan, labor ministry report shows
The number of cases in which disabled people were abused by their employers decreased 13.4 percent in the year ending March 2017, the labor ministry said Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 11, 2017
WeWork reportedly to debut in Japan with 10 to 20 Tokyo workspaces
WeWork Cos, a co-working space startup backed by SoftBank Group Corp., is making its first foray into Japan with 10 to 20 locations in central Tokyo, a source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2017
Japanese husbands' pocket money seen shrinking as mothers gain more respect from kids
Salarymen have taken a pummeling in recent years — with pay stagnating and rising numbers of working women and mothers eroding their once-dominant position as the family's breadwinner.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 29, 2017
Women in Japan cite being judged at work as top concern for taking maternity leave: survey
Over 70 percent of women in annual survey say Japanese society is not moving in a favorable direction for having and raising children.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017
Chilean wine a hit among Japan's working women
Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
May 15, 2017
Effect of changes in modern motherhood has economists worried
Motherhood is changing, as are mothers' working lives — and those changes have economists concerned.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2017
'Premium Friday' drive kicks off to energize weary workers, feeble economy
The government-backed "Premium Friday" campaign kicked off on Friday with around 130 participating firms across the country encouraging employees to leave work early on the last Friday of each month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2017
Forcing workers to relocate slowly growing less common at Japanese firms
With the rise in female employees and the graying of society, more companies are allowing staff to reject relocations without risking promotions as Japan's work environment slowly grows more family-friendly.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2016
How the European left lost the working class
If left-wing parties can't appeal to the working class, what's their use?
EDITORIALS
Oct 12, 2016
The government's 'karoshi' report
The Abe administration must ensure that a new regulation on overtime work will be effective enough to protect the health of company workers.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Oct 12, 2016
Japan's working moms struggle to keep careers
Working mothers in Japan are jettisoning their careers and resorting to contract work amid laws that fail to support shorter hours long term.

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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces