Salarymen have taken a pummeling in recent years — with pay stagnating and rising numbers of working women and mothers eroding their once-dominant position as the family's breadwinner. Those changes have affected how they are seen at home, with children respecting their mothers more than ...
Over 70 percent of women in annual survey say Japanese society is not moving in a favorable direction for having and raising children.
Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering. Chilean vintners have emerged as the biggest beneficiary of Japan's booming wine market. Their low-priced, fruit-driven product has found a receptive niche among women in their 40s and 50s, who have helped ...
Motherhood is changing, as are mothers' working lives — and those changes have economists concerned. For a while there, women around the world were making clear economic progress. More were working, and they were earning more (and boosting the global economy in the process). But in ...
Faced with a shortage of workers, Japanese companies are taking matters into their own hands, helping the government fix a chronic lack of day care facilities that is blunting efforts to get more women into the workforce. Nichiigakkan Co., which provides hospital administration and care ...
With the rise in female employees and the graying of society, more companies are allowing staff to reject relocations without risking promotions as Japan's work environment slowly grows more family-friendly. The efforts, which include paying extra allowances to those workers who do accept a relocation, ...
For the first time, a government survey says that a majority of the public favors women continuing to work after giving birth. The positive result of the survey on women's participation in society is the first since the survey began in 1992. Those approving the idea ...
Ready-to-cook meals made by NH Foods Inc. and Lawson Fresh, a food delivery service run by convenience store chain Lawson Inc., are proving popular with double-income families in Japan. Since its launch in 2013, Lawson has expanded its Kitchent menu comprising around 20 items including ...
Research suggests that women can be better at making managerial decisions than men, a lesson Japan can benefit from.
The world has a $12 trillion incentive to accelerate progress toward achieving gender parity.
While Japan's GDP growth is declining, the country is experiencing a rise in gross domestic power of the feminine persuasion.
The corporate glass ceiling remains an obstacle to working women 30 years after the equal employment opportunity law was passed.
