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CO WORKING

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 24, 2014
Firms revamp menus to tap fruit of Abe's 'womenomics' pledge
While pundits ponder whether women will answer Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call to join the workforce, businesses are betting on an increase in demand for pizza and wine.
EDITORIALS
Jul 30, 2014
Aiming for more women managers
The government and businesses need to get to the bottom of why the gender gap remains so steep in Japan and remove the glass ceiling blocking the rise of women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 30, 2014
Japan's culture of overtime thwarts Abe's plans for more working moms
Hiroko Yano, who's worked 20 years at the same company, was recently told she could become a manager. The mother of three, who puts in an average of two hours of overtime a day, rejected the idea, saying she doesn't want to be stuck in the office until midnight like the other managers.
EDITORIALS
Jul 19, 2014
Ingrained ideas on gender roles
A recent poll of men and women 20 to 40 years old by a Japanese research institute finds that a surprising 40 percent of the respondents believe husbands should work full time while wives stay at home — despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to increase the number of women in the workplace.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2014
How the mainstream loves to betray its heroes
Americans Donald Sterling, Cliven Bundy and Phil Robertson have more in common than dumb opinions about blacks. They're examples of working classism at work.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2014
To boost economy, recruiting stay-at-home dads
Manabu Tsukagoshi, a Tokyo-based consultant, took a month of paternity leave after his second child was born. That prompted his wife, a homemaker, to get a full-time job in the financial industry.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 4, 2014
Abe may reduce tax benefits for women
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's reflation campaign last year helped draw the most women to work since 1991. He now plans to add a stick to that carrot, scaling back tax benefits for spouses with limited earnings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Mar 17, 2014
After-school clubs falling short as more moms work
Working parents in Japan not only face long waiting lists when they want to enroll their children in day care centers, they also find themselves looking at equally long lists for "gakudo," or after-school clubs, when their children take the next step and enter elementary school.
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2014
Service helps new moms juggle kids and careers
After seeing many of her friends and colleagues abandon promising careers for motherhood, Keiko Koda was inspired to find a way to help professionals stay on the corporate path after having children.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2013
'Creative' rules for work hours urged
A government panel called Thursday for rethinking regulations on working hours to boost industrial competitiveness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Sep 12, 2013
Roomba rules with working moms
Don't diss working mothers. They boost the economy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 1, 2013
Female-friendly shared workspace a boon for moms
Yushi Katayama began to think seriously about leaving Japan after the birth of his son, Shota, in 2012.

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