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EDITORIALS
Aug 30, 2018

Secure proper conditions for foreign workers

With more low-skilled workers coming in from overseas, Japan must improve their work and living conditions.
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BUSINESS
Aug 5, 2018

Job perks on rise in Japan as labor crunch reshapes how companies attract workers

Misaki Harada wants to quit her job as a receptionist at a restaurant management company in Tokyo and move into marketing for an apparel-maker.
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Jun 24, 2018

Two Japan Supreme Court cases clarify when discrimination against fixed-term workers is OK

June 1, 2018, saw two verdicts from two similar cases handed down by the Supreme Court, both based on the 2012 amendment to the Labor Contract Law.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2018

Panel balks at proposing the killing of Japan's political fairness clause

The proposal had drawn criticism for potentially opening up the nation's airwaves to a deluge of politically charged programs and internet-driven 'fake news.'
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BUSINESS
May 15, 2018

Trump's sudden vow to help China's sanctions-violating ZTE telecom giant spurs backlash in Washington

President Donald Trump's pledge to help a Chinese telecommunication company that broke U.S. sanctions law sparked a backlash from lawmakers who said the move could weaken the U.S. hand in upcoming trade talks with Beijing.
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BUSINESS
Apr 26, 2018

Trade believed key topic as Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook meet at White House

President Donald Trump met with Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook on Wednesday to discuss trade issues as the technology industry grapples with a U.S. spat over import tariffs with China, a manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker and other companies.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 24, 2018

Mega-banks to slash new hires in spring 2019 as ultralow interest rates take toll

Japan's three mega-banking groups plan to hire fewer new graduates in April 2019, it was learned Saturday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 23, 2018

How to unleash Japan's animal spirits

The postwar system that built Japan's formidable middle class is faltering. A two-tiered employment system is needed.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 19, 2018

45 U.S. trade groups urge Trump against China tech tariffs, as rift widens between president and industry

Forty-five U.S. trade associations representing some of the largest companies in the country are urging President Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on China, warning it would be "particularly harmful" to the U.S. economy and consumers.
EDITORIALS
Mar 3, 2018

Immigrant labor contradictions

Despite the nation's tightening manpower shortage, the issue of immigrant labor continues to be shunned in policy discussions.
EDITORIALS
Feb 24, 2018

Protect freelance workers

Freelance workers are not fully covered by protective measures under labor laws. This needs to change.
EDITORIALS
Feb 17, 2018

Work-style reform legislation

A package of work-style reforms, which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says is at the top of his agenda for this legislative session, will soon be on the way to the Diet for deliberations.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 20, 2017

South Korea to step up efforts to boost number of women in top public posts

South Korea was set to unveil new measures aimed at increasing the number of women in high-ranking public sector posts, part of an effort to bolster a workforce that's projected to start shrinking this year.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2017

Mizuho to shed 19,000 jobs — about a quarter of workforce — over next decade as profits dwindle

As Mizuho Financial Group Inc.'s announced falling profits the Japanese bank offered a bleak assessment of its long-term outlook, confirming it will eliminate thousands of jobs to cut costs.
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JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2017

Voters in Abe's heartland fear future sales tax hike as they struggle with stagnant wages

Chiyoko Yamamoto works in one of the best regions in Japan — a place with one of the lowest rates of unemployment, a growing economy, and the highest level of female employment in the country.
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BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2017

Britain caught in crossfire, says it will fight to protect jobs amid Boeing-Bombardier row

Britain, caught in the crossfire of a damaging trade dispute between plane makers Boeing and Bombardier, said on Sunday it would fight its corner to protect thousands of jobs put at risk in Northern Ireland.
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JAPAN
Sep 15, 2017

32.2% of new 2014 grads quit first job within three years: survey

A labor ministry survey showed Friday that 32.2 percent of those who started working just after graduating from university in March 2014 quit their jobs within three years.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 9, 2017

With stagnant minimum wage, a 'decent life' is out of reach

One of the bedrock principles of market economics is that as demand for labor goes up, so do wages. Lately, there has been evidence that this idea may no longer be true.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Apr 17, 2017

Clock ticks for women in Japan seeking love at work

As much as I hate to spoil the 'haru no yoki' (springtime cheer) thing, I have some bad news about Japanese love relationships.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan