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EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2018

Address issues in the technical intern program

Any practices where abuse of foreign workers is suspected should be eliminated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 18, 2018

Computers may reshape jobs, but they won't eliminate them

Take predictions that artificial intelligence and robots will cause massive unemployment in the future with a grain of salt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 14, 2018

The impact of accepting unskilled foreign labor

The new visa system will lack durability unless the needs of employers, local communities and foreigners are balanced.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 6, 2018

A decade of U.S. economic sluggishness may have just snapped back to normal

For a solid decade after the collapse of Lehman Brothers ushered in a global financial crisis, there was good reason to think the U.S. economy remained broken, from skepticism about the health of the labor market to tepid economic growth and the moribund rate of interest paid on U.S. Treasury bonds....
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 4, 2018

Amazon ditching bonuses and stock awards to help pay wage hike to $15 an hour

Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2018

Having outperformed Topix, a pioneer female money manager takes her womenomics fund to U.S.

Miyuki Kashima was one of the first female fund managers in Japan, with a career that dates back to the mid-1980s, before the country's bubble burst. Now she's outperforming the benchmark index by buying companies that hire and promote more women.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2018

Ford may slash 12% of jobs in revamp of Europe operations: U.K. media

Ford Motor Co. may cut up to 24,000 jobs and stop producing models such as the Mondeo as it tries to revive its European business, the Sunday Times reported over the weekend.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2018

Jobs for people with disabilities

The government is depriving depriving people with disabilities of the job opportunities they deserve.
Reader Mail
Jul 27, 2018

Outsourcing teaching jobs bad for schools

David John raises crucial points in his July 13 letter "Teachers and students lose while companies rake in profit."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 16, 2018

Wages aren't rising; these theories could explain why

Why isn't the strong demand for labor pushing up wages?
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LEARNING CURVE
Jul 4, 2018

Fukuoka's 'guest teachers' of English outstay their welcome

Job insecurity, excessive secrecy and legal curbs on dispatch teachers come under the spotlight as 120 teachers lose their classes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 23, 2018

Trump's next $100 billion tariff dilemma: Hit Walmart or Apple?

U.S. consumers may be about to feel directly the effects of the trade fight started by U.S. President Donald Trump with China and other countries this year, when a new list of Chinese imports to be taxed is announced in coming days.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 31, 2018

Too much of an education could be bad for your future

While school rucksacks in Japan may be getting heavier, the prospects for the over-educated may be getting bleaker.
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2018

Trump to visit St. Louis Boeing plant to tout impact of tax overhaul

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit a Boeing Co. plant in St. Louis on Wednesday to tout the impact of the tax overhaul bill signed into law in December, a White House official said on Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2018

Amazon's labor-tracking wristband has a history

Jeff Bezos is stealing from a 19th-century playbook.
EDITORIALS
Feb 23, 2018

Make it easier for elderly people to keep working

If the government wants elderly people to remain in the workforce longer, it must remove obstacles that stand in their way.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 17, 2018

Media reports de-romanticize the cleanup work on the Fukushima nuclear power plant

Most of the reliable reporting about the clean-up of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant since it suffered three meltdowns in March 2011 has been from on-site workers. Even when articles appear in major media outlets about the situation at the crippled reactor, it's usually presented through the...
EDITORIALS
Feb 12, 2018

Job security for irregular workers

Businesses should stop viewing irregular workers as disposable assets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 31, 2018

Touted by Trump for U.S. manufacturing role, slumping Harley-Davidson closes Missouri plant

Harley-Davidson Inc. said on Tuesday it will close a plant in Kansas City, Missouri, as it consolidates manufacturing operations after its motorcycle shipments fell to their lowest level in six years, sending its shares down more than 8 percent.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 18, 2018

Apple to pay $38 billion in U.S. taxes on foreign cash, open new American campus

Apple Inc. on Wednesday said it will make about $38 billion in tax payments on its overseas cash and plans to open a second U.S. campus as part of a five-year, $30 billion U.S. investment plan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 12, 2018

Japan's quiet #MeToo movement says everything

As the #MeToo movement spans the globe, Japan is conspicuous for a relative silence, particularly where it matters most.
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2018

Wage hikes needed to fuel economic growth

A strong recovery in consumer spending is key to demand-led economic growth, and significant wage hikes by companies making record profits are long overdue.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
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