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ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 2, 2015

With steady jobs scarce, South Korean students linger on campus

It's been a year since Seoul media and communications student Lee Woong-hee finished his studies, but the 26-year-old plans to skip his class graduation ceremony in February because he thinks retaining his student status will help him finally land a job.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2013

Obama offers deal over taxes, jobs

President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed spending more on creating jobs in exchange for an overhaul of business taxes. But the idea quickly devolved into the type of partisan finger-pointing that shows why any agreement will be so difficult.
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BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 21, 2023

Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree and refocuses on AI

Google's parent company said it is facing 'a different economic reality,' and has decided to double down on artificial intelligence projects.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022

The jobs — and aging faces — behind South Korea's record low unemployment numbers

The country logged a record-setting run of low unemployment through February, at 2.7%, with almost half of the job increases driven by people 60 and older.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2020

Winter crisis plan to save U.K. jobs from virus announced

Subsidized wages and loans for businesses are part of Chancellor Rishi Sunak's package.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 30, 2020

‘Jobs for life’ in South Korea and Japan set to cushion virus blow

A longtime thorn for businesses and productivity in Japan and South Korea is set to prove a bulwark for those economies as the coronavirus threatens millions of jobs around the world.
BUSINESS
Feb 13, 2018

Amazon cutting hundreds of Seattle jobs in rare cutback as it shifts focus

Amazon.com Inc. is cutting hundreds of jobs at its headquarters in Seattle, paring back older departments focused on selling goods online. The move is part of a broader reorganization at the company that's also hiring in newer lines of business like cloud computing and its Alexa platform.
BUSINESS
Mar 11, 2017

Wall Street bankers unanimous on rate hike following solid U.S. jobs data

Wall Street's top banks were unanimous on the view the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates at its policy meeting next week following a stronger-than-forecast February U.S. payrolls report, a poll showed Friday.
EDITORIALS
Jun 6, 2015

Worrying lack of stable jobs

Only 25 percent of the world's workers have stable jobs, and the rate is growing increasingly worse.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2013

China should pave the way for its own Steve Jobs

As Communist Party leaders begin a four-day retreat to decide where to take China's economy, they would be wise to think about Steve Jobs. Their country's economic well-being may be at risk if they don't.
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ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2023

China’s young people can’t find jobs. Xi Jinping says to ‘eat bitterness.’

A record 11.6 million college graduates in China are entering the workforce this year, and 1 in 5 young people are unemployed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2023

Goldman to cut about 3,200 jobs this week after cost review

The firm is expected to start the process midweek and the total number of people affected will not exceed 3,200.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2022

Japan’s record percentage of working mothers masks low-paying jobs

Some 76% of mothers with children under age 18 were in the workforce in 2021, but the data also indicated many of those jobs were in relatively unstable positions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2022

Japan's tight jobs market fails to deliver on egalitarian promise

The emergence of the freelance class poses a challenge to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who has pledged to redistribute wealth through wage hikes.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 24, 2022

After three months, host cities struggle to find jobs and homes for Ukraine refugees

Central European nations like Poland, which had large Ukrainian communities before the war, have been a natural destination for many refugees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 25, 2022

Majority of India’s 900 million workforce stop looking for jobs

Frustrated at not being able to find the right kind of job, millions of Indians, particularly women, are exiting the labor force entirely.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 17, 2022

Global jobs recovery delayed by pandemic uncertainty and omicron, U.N. agency says

The U.N. agency estimates the equivalent of around 52 million fewer jobs in 2022 versus pre-coronavirus levels, which amounts to about double its previous estimate from June 2021.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 15, 2021

Millions of missing jobs should make inflation hawks think twice

The global employment shortfall from the pandemic is predicted by the International Labour Organization to be 75 million this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 17, 2020

AT&T is cutting thousands of jobs and it’s just the beginning

With more than $160 billion in debt, AT&T has one of the largest debt loads of any nonfinancial company.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 21, 2020

The threat of robots taking our jobs gets real

The coronavirus is hastening the need for a labor force that doesn't get sick or locked down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 6, 2020

Jobs destroyed worldwide as coronavirus triggers deep recession

The world’s workers are reeling from the initial shock of the coronavirus recession, with job losses and welfare claims around the globe already running into the millions this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 18, 2020

To aid virus-hit Japan economy, look after firms and jobs first, say experts

With the novel coronavirus shaking up the global economy, the Japanese government is scrambling for countermeasures to cushion the economic fallout.
WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2019

Women hold 1 in 5 top science and tech jobs, study finds

Women hold 1 in 5 top jobs in science, technology, maths and engineering globally, which slows down innovation, a study of research institutions said on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jul 14, 2019

New, more agile robots speed takeover of jobs once done only by humans

At a vast greenhouse in the central Danish city of Odense, a squad of robots move thin plastic pots of herbs for shipping without even putting a dent in them. For moviegoers used to seeing humanoid machines in action, that might not seem special — but in truth, it is a remarkable feat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 11, 2018

Britain expects 5,000 financial services jobs to leave by Brexit Day

As thousands of jobs look set to move to the continent due to Brexit, the U.K.'s financial services minister said Wednesday he would do all he could to ensure the City of London remains a major financial center.

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