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LABOR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2020
Brushing off criticism, China’s Xi calls policies in Xinjiang ‘totally correct’
Xi made the remarks at a conference that is likely to set the direction of Chinese policy in Xinjiang for years to come.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2020
China still expanding Xinjiang re-education camps, report says
The findings could bolster calls to punish Beijing over its human rights practices in the predominately Muslim region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 22, 2020
China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
The program mirrors the one in the western Xinjiang region that rights groups have branded coercive labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 6, 2020
Uyghurs in Japan call for action to end forced labor in Xinjiang
Twelve Japanese manufacturing giants have been accused of complicity in the group's repression by sourcing supplies from factories exploiting their forced labor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Aug 21, 2020
Foreign trainees in Hiroshima face illegal hours and unpaid overtime
Fewer Japanese people want to work in sewing jobs, one industry insider said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society / FOCUS
Aug 10, 2020
India faces lost generation as virus pushes children to work
Civil groups are rescuing more kids from forced labor and warn many others are being compelled to work in cities as migrant labor is cut off by the coronavirus.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2020
’History on trial’: Why Japan's wartime labor dispute is more than another tit-for-tat with South Korea
Japan has once again found itself entangled in a recurring skirmish with South Korea over wartime labor — a seemingly intractable row with no end in sight.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 7, 2020
Nippon Steel appeals South Korean court-ordered asset seizure
The Japanese government fears the judicial action will further inflame shaky bilateral relations and could set a dangerous precedent.
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 2, 2020
South Korea ruling on wartime labor to have major implications for Seoul-Tokyo ties
Bilateral ties will almost certainly worsen if the Nippon Steel shares are sold to compensate laborers from the war, with tariffs eyed as potential retaliation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 24, 2020
South Korea warns Japan of coalition to highlight wartime abuses
The dispute has re-emerged since an information center in Tokyo that opened last month included materials suggesting conscripted workers were well treated.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jul 4, 2020
‘Healing Labor’: Examining how Japanese sex work is woven into culture and economy
Gabriele Koch's “Healing Labor” delves into how Japanese sex workers regard their work as necessary to the social and economic well-being of Japanese society.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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