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Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2016
Ready-to-cook meal kits a hit with dual-income families
Ready-to-cook meals made by NH Foods Inc. and Lawson Fresh, a food delivery service run by convenience store chain Lawson Inc., are proving popular with double-income families in Japan.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 19, 2016
Why it pays off to hire women as managers
Research suggests that women can be better at making managerial decisions than men, a lesson Japan can benefit from.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2016
The working women windfall
The world has a $12 trillion incentive to accelerate progress toward achieving gender parity.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 7, 2016
Women's empowerment: The time is now, Japan
While Japan's GDP growth is declining, the country is experiencing a rise in gross domestic power of the feminine persuasion.
EDITORIALS
Apr 8, 2016
Still a struggle for working women
The corporate glass ceiling remains an obstacle to working women 30 years after the equal employment opportunity law was passed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2016
Modern moms can't find stitch in time to make traditional needlework school bags
Every year as cherry blossoms bloom, mothers across Japan toil until late at night to sew fabric bags that nursery and elementary schools require their children to have when starting class in April.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2016
Japan to begin working holiday visa program with Slovakia in June
Japan will start a working holiday program with Slovakia beginning this June, with the aim of enhancing friendship and understanding between the two countries.
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JAPAN / Society
Feb 18, 2016
Some Japanese firms offering easier shifts for mothers with young kids
Chihiro Nishijima's cellphone rang one evening last May when she was away from Tokyo on a business trip.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2016
Subsidies going up for day care centers that handle sick children
Government subsidies for day care centers and hospitals specializing in taking care of sick children will rise in April as the Abe administration seeks to increase the female workforce.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 17, 2015
Suspect data reports keep lid on actual hours worked
Overwork is such an issue in Japan that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has vowed to fix it. He wants companies to reward productivity rather than long hours, and to create workplaces that allow men and women to finish on time and share the burden of responsibilities at home.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2015
Working moms spending less time on looks, prioritize children: survey
Japanese working mothers spend less time on personal grooming before going to work than single women so they can care for their children.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2015
Laundry firm's flexibility cited as reason why single moms don't quit
Since joining the laundering company Kikuya in 1995, Akemi Hirayama says she has never missed a day of work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 20, 2015
Fast Retailing to debut four-day workweeks for Uniqlo staff
The move is designed to enable workers to spend time on child-rearing and nursing care activities, and for the clothing giant to keep qualified employees on its payroll.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 27, 2015
When women can thrive, so will Japan and the world
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is 'determined to make Japan a country where opportunities for women abound, and glass ceilings are a thing of the past.'
JAPAN / Society
Jan 16, 2015
Uniqlo vows reforms as NGO deplores factory conditions in China
Fast Retailing moves to improve poor working conditions at Uniqlo's clothing plants in China after being confronted by an NGO in Hong Kong.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 23, 2014
South Korea shows the way on 'womenomics'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants to put more women to work to help make up for the country's shrinking population. Yet, of the 1,093 people who ran for office in recent snap elections, a mere 169 were women. Abe might want to study neighboring South Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 6, 2014
Poverty takes on a new look in today's Japan
In the early years of the 21st century, such neologisms as nyū puā (new poor) and wākingu puā (working poor) began appearing in the Japanese media. Like their equivalents overseas, the terms were typically applied to people unable to realize a decent livelihood while holding down a job, or even more than one job.
BUSINESS
Nov 6, 2014
Abe team mulls spousal tax break to encourage women to work more hours
The Abe administration is thinking about introducing a new income tax deduction for breadwinners regardless of spousal income, sources said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 17, 2014
Promoting women at work
Draft legislation prepared by the Abe administration would require large companies as well as the national and local governments to set targets for promoting women in their organizations, beginning in fiscal 2016.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2014
Labor's battle against exploitation by capital, 150 years ago and today
The first international labor organization was founded 150 years ago in London. Although capitalist globalization has weakened the labor movement today, it has also opened new avenues of communication that may yet facilitate workers' international cooperation.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.

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