Starbucks, home of the $4 latte, is moving into poor areas and looking to hire
Starbucks has a point to prove: There's more to the company than selling $4 lattes to rich people. The Seattle-based coffee giant that has cultivated a reputation for being socially responsible said Thursday it is expanding its effort to put more coffee shops — and ...
Japanese firms in Thailand plan average 4.0% wage hike, down 0.2 points
Japanese firms operating in Thailand are planning to offer an average 4.0 percent wage hike this year, down 0.2 percentage point from the previous year's actual rate, an annual NNA survey showed. Of 477 respondents, 381, or 79.9 percent, said they plan to raise salaries. ...
'Smile with your eyes': How to beat South Korea's AI hiring bots and land a job
In cram school-obsessed South Korea, students fork out for classes in everything from K-pop auditions to real estate deals. Now, as top Korean firms roll out artificial intelligence in hiring, job seekers want to learn how to beat the bots. From his basement office in ...
Japanese women face a future of poverty, as confluence of factors conspire against them
At first glance, things seem to be getting better for Japanese women. In an economy that's historically lagged other developed nations when it comes to female workforce participation, a record 71 percent are now employed, an 11 point leap over a decade ago. The government boasts ...
Japan giving more government workers permission to moonlight amid labor crunch
More civil servants are taking second jobs amid the nationwide labor crunch, with some municipalities giving the green light for side jobs that contribute to society. Municipal and prefectural governments issued 41,669 approvals in 2018 allowing employees to take additional jobs, according to the internal ...
Japan to urge firms to employ workers until age 70 from next year
The labor ministry plans to urge companies from April 2021 to ensure jobs are available for workers until the age of 70, it was learned Wednesday. The ministry will also require large companies with over 300 workers to publish the number of mid-career hires on ...
First female on century-old Komatsu's board calls on women in Japan to lean in
Kuniko Urano is the first, yes, the very first woman board member of Komatsu Ltd., a 98-year-old company that is the world's No. 2 construction and mining equipment maker. The path that Urano, 63, took to the boardroom and the reason she's still a solo ...
Japan to develop app that can detect if foreign nationals' residence cards are fake
The app will read data stored in the IC chip embedded in the cards and confirm whether the data matches information listed on the cards.
American Airlines reaches settlement with Boeing for 737 Max compensation in 2019
American Airlines Group Inc. said on Monday it had reached a confidential agreement with Boeing Co, to address damages the airline incurred in 2019 due to the ongoing grounding of its fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft. American, the largest U.S. airline, said the compensation ...
Corporate culture remains obstacle to Japan adopting telework
The government has been actively promoting telecommuting, touting its many merits from easing traffic congestion and enhancing disaster preparedness to helping recruit and retain talent amid Japan's chronic labor shortage. Yet it seems there is a long way to go before large numbers of employees ...
A record 61 percent of the public believe women should be able to continue working "even after giving birth," according to a recent government survey. The rate was up 6.8 percentage points from the previous survey in 2016, and the highest since the government launched ...
