A government panel will soon explore new ideas for solving the economic and social challenges posed by Japan’s declining birthrate and aging society.
Japan's labor market is getting so tight that companies are starting to convert contract and part-time workers into full-time, regular employees to prevent them from leaving — a move that could lift wages and spending but squeeze profits. The trend is a reversal from the ...
Authorities have seen a rise in applications to be labor standards inspectors in the wake of the death of a young female employee of Dentsu Inc. after she worked excessive overtime. The karōshi (death from overwork) incident at Japan's top ad agency in 2015 shocked ...
The labor ministry said Friday it is seeking around ¥280 billion to promote labor reform as part of a total budgetary request for a record ¥31.43 trillion in fiscal 2018. The total is a 2.4 percent rise from fiscal 2017 through next March. Labor reform ...
The suicide of an obstetrics and gynecology resident physician in his mid-30s has been recognized by a Tokyo labor office as a work-related death stemming from long hours.
A record number of employers accepting trainees from abroad under the nation's Technical Intern Training Program violated labor laws in 2016, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The number of factories, offices and other businesses nationwide where violations were found came to 4,004, the highest level ...
Millennials in Japan have little interest in the job-hopping ways of their overseas counterparts, seeking stability and security instead. That is thwarting the Bank of Japan's efforts to jolt the economy back to life. By some measures, young Japanese today face the best job market ...
The country's largest labor union body urged authorities Thursday to add tougher overwork prevention measures when the government moves forward with plans to introduce a merit-based pay system for highly skilled jobs. Based on the request by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, ...
Labor authorities on Wednesday referred H.I.S. Co. and two of the travel agency's senior officials to prosecutors for allegedly forcing employees to work overtime beyond legal limits. The travel agency is suspected of violating the labor standards law in 2015 by making two corporate sales ...
A record-high 97.6 percent of new graduates in Japan had jobs as of April 1, reflecting high demand amid an acute labor shortage.
For public relations specialist Mari Hirata, the perks that drew her into the world of freelancing were the flexible working hours and the opportunity to work for various companies. When she started freelancing in 2011, Hirata had just given birth. But now that her kids ...
The work-style reform promoted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is an important step in reining in excessive overtime, but the real challenge is to sustain long-term momentum, the chief of the International Labor Organization said. Guy Ryder, director-general of the ILO, lauded the government's push ...
