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US WORKERS

JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2015
Temp workers dealt blow as dispatch bill clears Lower House
Opposition lawmakers leave in protest as the Lower House passes a bill to let companies use temporary workers as long as they want instead of hiring them full time.
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2015
Hundreds of workers at supplier to Uniqlo strike over firings
Hundreds of factory workers at a Chinese supplier to Fast Retailing Co. are striking over the dismissal of some of the employees, forcing production to shut down, a labor rights group said.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2015
Pay and spending fears feed a vicious U.S. cycle
The U.S. economy caught in a vicious circle of its own fear and ignorance, as companies increasingly turn to temporary workers and consumers tighten their purse strings.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 19, 2015
Bring Japan's talents to bear
The Japanese government should strive to stem the growth of irregular jobs, which deprive people of the opportunity to grow and prosper.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2015
January drone strike on Pakistan al-Qaida site killed U.S., Italian aid worker hostages; Obama apologizes
A U.S. drone strike in January targeting an al-Qaida compound in Pakistan near the Afghan border inadvertently killed an American and an Italian who had been held hostage for years by the group, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 2, 2015
As cases ease, Sierra Leone ready to lay off Ebola workers
Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Wednesday authorities would soon start laying off staff recruited to fight Ebola as the numbers of cases decline, but these workers would be employed elsewhere, where possible.
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015
Workers getting smaller share of corporate earnings despite record profits
Millions of workers are taking home their smallest share of corporate income in two decades as companies build record cash hoards and fail to give the substantial wage raises that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees as critical to a durable economic recovery.
EDITORIALS
Feb 14, 2015
Miserly use of vacation days
Japan may be the most miserly country in the world when it comes to getting workers to feel free to use their legally entitled number of paid holidays each year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 4, 2015
Families hit as inflation outruns wage rises
Increases in the cost of living outpaced annual earnings that rose for the first time in four years in 2014 as the Abe administration sought to reflate the economy.
EDITORIALS
Jan 30, 2015
Higher wages can boost economy
The prospect of Japanese companies granting wage increases this spring appears mixed as the annual talks on wage hikes get under way between labor and management.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2014
Exploited working students starting to fight 'burakku arubaito' system
The 22-year-old university student was in his fifth day working part time at a Sukiya beef bowl outlet in Tokyo when his boss suddenly told him to run the shop from midnight to 9 a.m. all by himself.
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2014
Gucci to check Chinese suppliers after TV exploitation charges
Italian fashion house Gucci said on Monday it would strengthen controls on its suppliers after a television program showed Chinese employees working more than three times their official hours to assemble its handbags.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2014
Sierra Leone locks down new Ebola hotspot in the east
Authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a two-week lockdown in the eastern district of Kono after health workers uncovered a surge of Ebola infections in the area where the epidemic was thought to be largely under control.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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