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U S WORKERS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2013
Pizza Hut incensed by worker's dough-faced Twitter stunt
A part-time worker at a Pizza Hut outlet in Tokyo uploaded a photo of himself on Twitter with pizza dough plastered all over his face in May, Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd., which owns the pizza delivery chain, has revealed.
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2013
Opportunity to raise wages
armakers and other large Japanese manufacturers should take a cue from better business results of late, due to the weaker yen, and increase workers' wages.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2013
Number of nonregular workers hits record high
Temporary and part-time workers now account for a record-high 38.2 percent of the labor force, reflecting a significant shift in the working environment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 19, 2013
Tepco minutes reveal staff exodus concerns
Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives spent dozens of meetings fretting about the utility's future as hundreds of younger employees quit over salary cuts after the Fukushima No. 1 reactor meltdowns, according to minutes obtained by Bloomberg News.
EDITORIALS
Jun 14, 2013
Tricks with labor rules
Labor groups suspect that the Abe government's push for more workers with 'permanent employee status' is a ruse to give employers more flexibility to fire.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 14, 2013
Work: secret to good health
The next time you think your job is killing you, consider recent evidence that suggests the opposite — by sticking with it your job may be saving your life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2013
Foreign workers in tight spot as plants close
Successive closures of plants by large domestic manufacturers as part of operational restructuring have left local governments and civilian groups facing serious problems, among them the increase in unemployed foreign workers.
JAPAN
May 12, 2013
Nagasaki firms warned for sending workers to stricken nuke plant
The Nagasaki Labor Bureau has recently warned three local staff agencies for illegally dispatching more than 500 plumbing workers to the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant last year, it was learned Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2013
Number of elderly workers in 2012 soared to new record high
The number of workers aged 60 or above averaged 11.92 million in 2012, setting a record high for the sixth straight year, according to recently released government data.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 9, 2013
Japan's foreign trainee system said still plagued by rights abuses
Last month, a Chinese trainee went on a stabbing rampage at a Hiroshima Prefecture seafood company where he worked, killing the president and an employee and wounding six others.
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2013
Time for base wage increases
For the first time since the 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis, the wage situation for Japanese workers has brightened.
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2011
Ibaraki labor office marks a first: 2008 foreign trainee death was from overwork
A labor office in Ibaraki Prefecture has deemed that a Chinese trainee at a local firm died in 2008 due to overwork, marking the first recognized karōshi death of a foreign intern under a government-authorized training program.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2010
Probe urged over 27 foreign trainee deaths in Japan in fiscal 2009
Twenty-seven foreign nationals died in fiscal 2009 after coming to Japan for employment under a government-authorized training program, the second-highest figure on record.
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2009
Ibaraki case is first seeking damages for a foreign trainee's death from overwork in Japan
The relatives of a Chinese man who died of heart failure last year sought compensation Friday at a local labor standards inspection office, claiming his long working hours as a trainee at a plating company in Ibaraki Prefecture killed him.
JAPAN
Jun 24, 2009
Overwork blamed for record-high 34 foreign trainee deaths in Japan in fiscal 2008
Thirty-four people involved in training programs for non-Japanese died in fiscal 2008, up 13 from the previous year and marking a record high, according to a survey by a government-linked training body.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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