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Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 11, 2020

COVID-19 pulls the rug out from under workers' feet

And that may not be the worse thing that could happen to them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 18, 2020

Majority of Japan firms cutting jobs and pay to survive pandemic

Over half of the respondents criticized the government's response, dashing hopes for a solid recovery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2020

Nissan to ax nearly 250 jobs at U.K. plant after virus hits demand

Output at the Sunderland plant in northern England was halted in mid-March, with one production line resuming operations at the start of this week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2020

Travel restriction poses challenges for Japanese firms with international workforce

Researchers who work in laboratories and new employees expected to acquire skills during workplace training sessions have been left in limbo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2020

Japan's new graduate recruiting fully starts amid coronavirus scare

Major firms in Japan on Monday fully started interviews, written tests and other activities to hire students graduating in spring 2021, with companies and students both struggling to adjust to unprecedented online recruiting methods introduced to cope with the new coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 29, 2020

Japan factory output and retail sales slump as pandemic hits autos

Official data Friday showed factory output slipped 9.1 percent in April from the previous month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 29, 2020

Renault poised to announce 15,000 layoffs worldwide

The overall cuts would affect just under 10 percent of Renault's 180,000 global workforce.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 15, 2020

Japan industry groups offer guidance on how to coexist with COVID-19

The guidelines offer a glimpse into how firms might survive as their customers adopt what's been dubbed a 'new lifestyle.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 12, 2020

Tesla's Elon Musk says ready for arrest as he reopens California plant against local order

His move has highlighted competition for jobs and ignited a rush to woo the billionaire by states that have reopened their economies more quickly.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 24, 2020

Foreign students in Japan fear pandemic narrows job opportunities

As the outbreak continues to take a serious toll on Japan's economy, those hoping to find work here now fear they will be first to miss out.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2020

In the world’s informal economy, there’s no shelter from the virus

Some of the world's most vulnerable workers are also the hardest to help in a crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2020

U.S. jobless claims soar to once-unthinkable record 6.65 million

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits soared to a record 6.65 million last week, a level unimaginable just a month ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 28, 2020

Almost 1 in 4 Americans lost job or were furloughed because of coronavirus, poll shows

Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. adults said they have been laid off or furloughed during the coronavirus outbreak, yet a bipartisan majority of Americans wants businesses to remain closed to slow the spread of the deadly virus despite its impact on the economy, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 17, 2020

Amid outbreak, Japan firms are revoking informal job offers

Cancellations of informal job offers are increasing as companies grow more concerned about the impact on their earnings from the spread of the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2020

Japan adopts pension system reform plan

The government decided Tuesday to reform the pension system by expanding the range of part-time workers who can join the kōsei nenkin public pension program for corporate employees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 21, 2020

Amid labor crunch, Japan firms seek to win over students' moms and dads

Earlier this month, Copro-Engineered Co., a Nagoya-based firm specializing in the staffing of construction engineers, hosted a party at a Nagoya hotel for students who are expected to join the firm after graduating from university in spring — and their parents.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 18, 2020

Tokyo commuters set for Olympic crush as many firms rule out telework

When Emi Tanimura failed to find a day care slot for her newborn daughter, the need to avoid long periods away from her job at communications firm Sunny Side Up made it necessary to take what is a radical step in Japan; she started working from home.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / Commentary
Feb 5, 2020

Robots, including one by Sony, are coming for fund management jobs

Remember Aibo, the computerized dog Sony Corp. started selling in 1999 as the first personal robot? Hiro Mizuno, the chief investment officer of the Government Pension Investment Fund, does. So he asked Sony's computer science lab unit to build him a cyberhound using artificial intelligence to help oversee...
BUSINESS
Feb 4, 2020

U.S. manufacturing rebounds but construction spending falls

U.S. factory activity unexpectedly rebounded in January after contracting for five straight months amid a surge in new orders, offering hope that a prolonged slump in business investment has probably bottomed out.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2020

Coronavirus forces world's largest telework experiment

Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege, it's a necessity.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2020

Japan to cast net wider after sluggish start for blue-collar visa program

Less than 2,000 have obtained working permits under the program, a low figure given that Japan was expecting to draw 40,000 in the first year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 13, 2020

Workplace equality 'decades away' in Britain as men dominate top jobs

Equality for women at work is decades away in Britain, according to a study released Monday that found just 6 percent of chief executives at leading companies are female, with representation in some sectors going backwards.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 13, 2019

Achieving human liberation through AI

AI is none other than a mechanized slave in that it liberates humans from labor for production.

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