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Sarah Green Carmichael
Despite changing attitudes toward office attire, with younger generations pushing for more casual dress codes, traditional views on professional attire persist.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2024
Shorts at the office? Go for it.
Despite changing attitudes toward office attire, with younger generations pushing for more casual dress codes, traditional views on professional attire persist.
Generative AI will change work for young professionals, but their reasoning skills will still be needed.
COMMENTARY
Oct 5, 2023
Is ChatGPT coming for entry-level jobs?
If entry-level workers get that much faster and better, won’t companies be able to get by with fewer of them? Maybe.
On average, women spend more time on housework than men.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2023
It’s time for women to quit housework (again)
Women of the world unite in dedicating more time to yourselves and less to housework. Men might learn something along the way, too.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 12, 2023
How much heat can the human body stand?
The hottest June ever and a record-breaking start to July should be a wake-up call. We weren’t built for this.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 24, 2023
Yet another bad week for abortion rights in America
Judges on the U.S. 5th Circuit appeared worryingly comfortable challenging the expertise of FDA scientists.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2023
Competing with robots is making work worse
As more tasks become automated, we need to stop letting robotic machines set the pace.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2023
Workplace friendships are worth the awkwardness
Research suggests forging personal connections at work matters more than financial success.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2022
Republicans misjudged the power of abortion rights
Republicans found out in the U.S. midterms that reproductive freedom is as much a core issue as inflation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2021
Don’t give up on remote work, even if you hate it
Some form of location flexibility is probably here to stay. So it's worth the effort to find a way to work from home that you can live with.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2021
Of course the boss cares what you say on Twitter
This isn't about free speech or cancel culture. It's about employability. People who think they have unlimited free speech on social media are deluding themselves about how companies work.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 5, 2020
All the happiness money can buy in the winter of COVID-19
While rates of depression and anxiety are up in some countries, many households now have more cash on hand than usual.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2020
COVID-19 explodes the myth that women ‘opt’ out of the workforce
While time away from work is often portrayed as a choice for women, the evidence shows that it's usually a choice reluctantly made.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2020
Where's the sympathy for lonely young people?
With job losses and support networks having closed down, some are feeling the effects of the pandemic more acutely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2020
Google and Twitter are right, workers should stay home
Rather than prepare to reopen, companies should help employees settle into operating remotely.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2020
Be the boss parents working from home need
To provide flexibility and establish trust, managers have to set the right priorities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2020
Sunday in the park with COVID-19
The only way to safely enjoy nature these days is to keep away from one another.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2020
Get dressed! Tips from a work-at-home veteran
Good, you’re working from home. That’s the right way to do your bit to help slow the spread of the new coronavirus that’s rampaging across the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020
Men should help fight overwork
A new survey paints a portrait of silent male suffering, and the way in which male silence and female openness conspire to maintain the status quo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2020
Sussex Inc. can work as royal spinoff
Allowing some royals to step away from 'senior' status makes sense if you think of the British monarchy as a business.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2019
Where women see bias, men see a 'pipeline' problem
McKinsey's enormous new data set shows diverging opinions on what stalls young women's careers.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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