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JAPAN
Nov 13, 2018
Emigration — not immigration — one of top Japanese concerns amid shrinking population: Pew poll
With Japan's population of 127 million expected to shrink to 88 million by 2065, many appear unsettled by the perceived balance between emigration and immigration.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 9, 2018
Japan opening doors more widely to foreign professionals
The perception of 'closed companies' is fast becoming a thing of the past.
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BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2018
U.S. taxpayers count the cost of Foxconn's artful deal in Wisconsin
Whatever Americans were hoping for when they elected Donald Trump president in 2016, it's a fair bet that it didn't include shoveling billions of dollars of American taxpayer money to foreign companies to build white-elephant factories.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2018
Can foreign labor make Japan great again?
Exposure to workers from different countries and backgrounds will help Japanese people develop a global mindset.
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BUSINESS
Nov 2, 2018
U.S. job growth jumps; annual wage gain biggest since 2009
U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in October and wages recorded their largest annual gain in 9½ years, pointing to further labor market tightening that could encourage the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates again in December.
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BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2018
Goldman Sachs to failed manga artist to startup queen: Akiko Naka's unique path to success
By the age of 34, Akiko Naka has already experienced more career-wise than most people do in a lifetime.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 28, 2018
Indian women in Japan struggle to find their niche
After following their husbands to Japan, educated Indian women face obstacles tracking down work that matches their qualifications.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2018
Shameful government padding
The government has demonstrated it didn't understand the point of its own law — to set an example for the private sector by hiring large numbers of people with disabilities.
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018
U.S. manufacturers say tariffs are pushing prices higher: Fed
U.S. factories have raised their prices because of tariffs, although inflation has appeared modest or moderate in most parts of the country, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday in its latest report on the economy.
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LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Oct 22, 2018
New Japan residence status planned for foreign blue-collar workers
The Justice Ministry has announced the gist of draft revisions to laws including the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act to create two new types of visa.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 17, 2018
The need for a skill-based approach to jobs
Keidanren's easing of recruiting limitations represents a small step toward better hiring practices in Japan.
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LIFE / Language
Oct 15, 2018
Know your 'wake de wa nai' from your 'wake ni wa ikanai' in Japanese
Introducing two expressions that use u308fu3051 — u308fu3051u3067u306fu306au3044 and u308fu3051u306bu306fu3044u304bu306au3044.
EDITORIALS
Oct 13, 2018
Why workers need better raises
Workers' wages have not increased as fast as they should in the face of the manpower supply shortage.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 12, 2018
What jobs will be lost to AI and robotics?
If no measures are taken, AI and robots are certain to push humankind to the rock bottom of misery.
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BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018
Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day
As thousands of jobs look set to move to the continent due to Brexit, the U.K.'s financial services minister said Wednesday he would do all he could to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 11, 2018
Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women, say sources
Amazon.com Inc.'s machine-learning specialists learned something unexpected from the machine: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
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BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2018
A decade of U.S. economic sluggishness may have just snapped back to normal
For a solid decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in a global financial crisis, there was good reason to think the U.S. economy remained broken, from skepticism about the health of the labor market to tepid economic growth and the moribund rate of interest paid on U.S. Treasury bonds....

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami