Commentary / World Jun 2, 2021
Is a CEO worth 1,000 times the median worker?
by Michelle Leder
What now gets disclosed is often subject to manipulation, presumably to make the numbers look better.
National / Social Issues May 16, 2021
Government panel warns of widening gender gap in Japan due to pandemic
In a report, the panel of experts said the crisis has led to an increase in domestic violence cases and suicides among women, while also hitting them harder financially.
National May 2, 2021
Young adults in Japan who grew up in foster homes facing 'severe financial difficulties'
First-of-its-kind survey shows 40% of demographic working as nonregular employees.
National Mar 24, 2021
80% of workers in Japan's creative industries have been harassed within last decade
Some sexual harassment victims complained of unreasonable requests for nudity, while others said they were pressured to give sexual favors in exchange for jobs.
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Feb 13, 2021
The uneasy state of Japan’s welfare system
by Philip Brasor
The LDP and business community have been undermining Japan's lifetime employment system in order to make it easier for employers to hire and fire, and to set salaries to their liking.
National Feb 7, 2021
Retroactive aid payments eyed for big Japanese firms' nonregular workers
"We'll take into consideration a series of requests that were made in the run-up to the emergency declaration," labor minister Norihisa Tamura said.
National Feb 5, 2021
Labor ministry to expand scope of virus relief to cover nonregular workers
The proportion of such workers who did not receive compensation despite being told to take time off due to the pandemic was more than double the figure for regular staff.
National Feb 5, 2021
The number of foreign workers in Japan hit a record high of 1,724,328 as of October 2020, increasing 4.0% from a year earlier.
Business / Corporate Jan 19, 2021
Nissan to promote Japan-based contract workers to full-time status
by Masatsugu Horie
About 800 contract workers will become full-time employees from April, as the firm looks also to abolish its system of hiring contract staff.
Business Nov 29, 2020
Japanese government conducts unified tests to hire workers from 'ice age' generation
It is the first such tests to be conducted as part of efforts to support people in their 30s and 40s who struggled to land jobs after Japan's economic bubble collapsed in the early 1990s.
Business / Corporate Oct 28, 2020
Hitachi Metals to cut 1,000 jobs through voluntary redundancy
Including through attrition and cuts in nonregular workers, the company plans to slash about 3,200 jobs, or nearly 10% of its total workforce.
National / Crime & Legal Oct 15, 2020
Japan's top court rules against denying allowances to fixed-term employees
The top court's judgment in favor of nonregular workers came two days after its rulings against them in two other cases.