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BUSINESS
Dec 10, 2019

GM loans Ohio plant buyer $40 million to launch electric truck

General Motors Co. loaned the buyer of its half-century-old assembly plant in Ohio $40 million to help the cash-strapped startup roll out an electric pickup truck.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2019

Sanna Marin, set to be Finland's youngest-ever prime minister, seeks to heal rifts and create jobs

Finland is set to get its youngest-ever prime minister.
EDITORIALS
Dec 4, 2019

Stop the sexual harassment of female job-seekers

The government, companies and universities must heed the voices of job-seekers who have experienced sexual harassment and tackle this serious issue in a sincere manner.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2019

Japan and Asia's mutual challenges

Japan is the world's pioneer in tackling the problems it currently faces. If the nation can successfully resolve them, it can potentially export its solutions to the rest of the world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2019

Propane shortage looms as strike at Canada's biggest railroad enters third day

Shippers scrambled to shift freight onto trucks on Thursday as a strike at Canada's biggest railroad, Canadian National Railway Co., entered its third day and left the critical fuel propane and other goods stranded.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 22, 2019

U.S. labor market and manufacturing data point to slowing economy

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits was unexpectedly unchanged at a five-month high last week, suggesting some softening in the labor market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2019

Will labor practices in Japan be disrupted?

Disruption is made difficult not by technological challenges but by people's mind-set and their difficulty to set their traditional ways of thinking aside.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2019

For LGBT activists outside U.S. Supreme Court, discrimination cases have familiar ring

For many of the hundreds of LGBT activists demonstrating outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments in major cases on gay and transgender rights, the story being told inside about plaintiffs Gerald Bostock and Aimee Stephens sounded all too familiar.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2019

This dirty word is driving economic change in Japan

Japanese businesses are starting to recognize the need to import more labor, but there's still reason to be wary of the 'I' word.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 22, 2019

How AI and robots can lead us to utopia

AI could conceivably eliminate the need for human labor in production and allow people to immerse themselves in intellectual activities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2019

Annual government employment exam for disabled held for second time since hiring scandal

The government held a uniform employment examination for people with disabilities on Sunday, for the second time since a hiring scandal came to light last year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2019

Toyota and Hyundai latest to halt output and shed workers in India as car sales slump worsens

With India's auto sales declining for the ninth straight month in July, more automotive manufacturers are laying off workers and temporarily halting production to keep costs in check, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 16, 2019

Why normal times will not return

The tiny silicon chip has placed power in mass hands to an unprecedented degree, and drastically weakened old political hierarchies in both democracies and autocracies alike.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 1, 2019

Ryanair tells ranks it has 900 more pilots and crew than needed

Ryanair has 500 more pilots and 400 more cabin crew than needed, and job losses will be announced in the coming weeks, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told staff in a video message vimeo.com/350780012/5abde31242.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 23, 2019

Halliburton cuts 8% of North American jobs as fracking slackens

Halliburton Co. is shifting strategy in its largest region to deal with subdued customer spending by trimming 8 percent of its North American workforce and shelving unused frack gear.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2019

The skills that youths will need to succeed in the 21st century

Societies now need young people who learn and master the skills for a dynamic, tech savvy and globalized world.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2019

Spritely seniors in Japan signing up to deliver on foot for Uber Eats

Uber Technologies Inc.'s strategy for Japan, where ride-sharing is banned, is as unique as the country itself — think grandma in running shoes delivering ramen noodles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 8, 2019

Deutsche Bank axes whole teams in Asia-Pacific as 18,000 job cuts begin

Whole teams in Deutsche Bank's Asian operations were told their positions were gone Monday, as the lender began axing 18,000 jobs globally in one of the biggest overhauls to an investment bank since the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2019

Emergency EU summit to decide top jobs runs into trouble again amid 'center-right revolt'

A deal hatched among several key European leaders to award a former Dutch foreign minister the post of EU chief executive broke down at an emergency summit Sunday after eastern European and center-right European leaders rejected the plan.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 31, 2019

MUFG, Japan's biggest bank, offers redundancy to hundreds of managers in London

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is preparing major job cuts in London, another sign of the deepening troubles Japanese banks face at their overseas operations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 22, 2019

British Steel to be placed into administration, threatening thousands of jobs, report says

British Steel, the country's second-largest steel producer, will be placed into administration as early as Wednesday, Sky News reported, jeopardizing some 25,000 jobs.

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