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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2021

Building an inclusive digital future

AI, robots and other new technologies could threaten 15% of the average company's workforce as soon as 2025.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2021

Canada’s Hong Kong diaspora helps new arrivals with jobs, housing and psychotherapy

Hong Kongers in Canada are banding together to help the latest wave of immigrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2021

Japan’s green push opens path to talent outside old men’s club

The growing importance of sustainable investment could help diversify the mentality of Japan Inc. boardrooms, as firms look to draw from a nontraditional talent pool for senior positions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Longform
Jun 7, 2021

Change of direction: Opting for a midlife career change

The pandemic's impact on people's lives has caused many to rethink not only work goals and priorities, but also how work affects their quality of life.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 31, 2021

Pandemic wreaks havoc on Japan's homeless as government touts 'self-reliance'

As the coronavirus scourge continues to wreak havoc on the economy, the burden is unduly falling on so-called nonregular workers whose employment is unstable.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 30, 2021

Can a four-day workweek solve Japan’s labor market issues?

Polling shows a majority of workers have positive opinions on shorter workweeks, yet many have concerns over pay cuts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 20, 2021

SoftBank’s $120 million Norway deal taps value of high-cost labor

The Asian giant's investment model in the Nordics suggests a cheap workforce isn't the competitive parameter it once was.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 13, 2021

The uneasy state of Japan’s welfare system

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.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Jan 29, 2021

As COVID-19 compounds Okinawa's tourism woes, industry looks for a way out

An emergency system through which workers are temporarily seconded to companies so that they can return to their jobs once the economy is back on its feet has been proposed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 28, 2021

Burned out? EU lawmakers say it’s fine for you to log off

Some European countries, including France, already have a right to disconnect written into national law.
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
Oct 23, 2020

Trump’s H-1B immigrant visa reforms will make America poorer

The most important point is the simplest: The strongest possible U.S. economic recovery requires more talent drawn from the rest of the world, not less.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 18, 2020

Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

With companies cutting back on hiring plans for 2021, soon-to-be college graduates worry they're missing their chance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 7, 2020

Trump made a promise to save coal in 2016. He couldn’t keep it.

The grim outlook for coal could take a political toll on Trump, whose 2016 victory was propelled by carrying the mining strongholds of West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2020

Suga signals his focus as PM would be on protecting jobs, but rules out sales tax cut

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Saturday the next prime minister must continue to protect companies and jobs, mainly through payouts and loans, to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Aug 19, 2020

Back to the paddy fields: Coronavirus smashes Indian middle-class dreams

For years, people in rural India have been gaining prosperity and moving into what economists call a burgeoning middle class of consumers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 6, 2020

World economy that took elevator down faces steep stairs back up

Hopes for a V-shaped rebound have been shattered as the reopening of businesses looks shaky at best and job losses risk turning from temporary to permanent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2020

Pandemic offers solution to tech industry’s big Brexit problem

The pandemic taught Britain’s technology executives that business can still happen even if everyone’s working from home. That lesson is providing a source of relief as the nation’s year-end departure from the European Union looms.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 27, 2020

Pandemic spurs some in Japan to reassess employment options

As the pandemic's toll continues to grow, employees are taking to social media to vent about company management and voice their desires to move on.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 7, 2020

Japan's ultralow official jobless rate ignores 4 million on leave

Factor in those on partially paid leave and the 2.6 percent rate hits 11.5 percent. Then there's the 940,000 who left the labor force in April but weren't counted.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
May 29, 2020

Japan's low official jobless rate conceals deeper pain in its labor market

The real unemployment rate is closer to 11 percent, one think tank says.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 29, 2020

Spain says it will do all it can to reverse Nissan closure amid protests

Spain said on Thursday it would do everything possible to stop Nissan from closing its main car factory in the country as angry workers burned tires and shouted "War" outside the Barcelona plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Apr 18, 2020

Pandemic prevention measures turn Japanese families' worlds upside down

With many schools closed until early May, families are struggling to juggle the needs of young children with remote work responsibilities.

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