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JOBS

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2020
Apple’s shifting supply chain creates boomtowns in rural Vietnam
The boom in Bac Giang highlights how the shift in the world's supply chains is touching regions previously left behind.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2020
Trump’s H-1B immigrant visa reforms will make America poorer
The most important point is the simplest: The strongest possible U.S. economic recovery requires more talent drawn from the rest of the world, not less.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2020
MUFG rules out more job cuts at Asia brokerage after restructuring
The move contrasts with those of other major banks such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which are resuming job cuts.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2020
South Korea union says 14 delivery staff died from pandemic overwork
CJ Logistics publicly apologized for five of the deaths and vowed to improve working conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2020
Eased work rules are lifeline for foreign ex-students stuck in Japan
While a decision this week by immigration authorities didn't make big headlines, it was a ray of hope for thousands of students keen to work and unable to return home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 16, 2020
Tokyo theme park Yomiuriland becomes new office for teleworkers
Yomiuriland is offering packages including a workspace by the pool and rides on its Ferris wheel.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 16, 2020
Aichi city invites and trains youth to become independent fishers
Gamagori in Aichi Prefecture is putting young people through a training program of up to three years to get them on the seas in their own vessels.
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2020
Japan firms fall woefully short of goals on women in management
About one-fifth of Japanese companies have no female managers and most say women account for less than 10% of management, a Reuters monthly poll found.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 11, 2020
How to make Japan great again
The new prime minister should declare that by 2030, Japan will be positioned to make the best possible use of its one and only natural resource — its people.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2020
Who pays for toilet paper? Big questions loom in work-from-home era
As the world convulses in crisis, and tens of millions of us dig in for the long haul of working from home, one question looms large: Who pays for the tea and toilet paper?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 6, 2020
Thousands of Indonesians protest against passage of jobs bill
The law removes the three-year maximum duration of contracts and reduces severance benefits — provisions the government said are intended to promote formal hiring.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2020
Would a universal basic income make us lazy or creative?
We are indeed in the midst of a digital transformation that will destroy many old jobs and create many new ones, and we need structures that help people adapt.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2020
Taro Kono looks to pinpoint what is demotivating young Japanese bureaucrats
According to a survey of 45,000 government officials, 14.7 percent of males under the age of 30 were planning to call it quits within the next three years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2020
In world of video game development, chronic overtime is endemic
Polish game developer CD Projekt Red this week asked all of its employees to work six-day weeks in the lead-up to the November release of Cyberpunk 2077.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2020
California judge blocks Trump from restricting visas for highly skilled workers
The order, at odds with the conclusion reached by a federal judge in Washington, means the fight will likely move to an appeals court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Sep 26, 2020
Telltale signs that a business in Japan may be teetering on the edge of financial ruin
One reliable way to discern if the corporate ship is listing severely is to scrutinize the behavior of its president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2020
Winter crisis plan to save U.K. jobs from virus announced
Subsidized wages and loans for businesses are part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's package.
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2020
As COVID-19 persists, Japan looks to send in the robots
A new wave of service machines has emerged amid the coronavirus pandemic to help maintain safety and social distancing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 19, 2020
Overcoming the terror of online meetings amid COVID-19
Not only are such meetings becoming more frequent, they're starting to get longer u2026
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2020
Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads
With companies cutting back on hiring plans for 2021, soon-to-be college graduates worry they're missing their chance.

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