inviting them to stay a little longer and work at popular tourism destinations. Until now, those arriving in Japan could only obtain the visa once. Japan this month began allowing visa renewals ...

The chair of Japan’s metalworkers’ union urged the government to accelerate efforts to raise pay, while expressing concern over premature tightening steps from the central bank. "We need to ...

In Japan, hardly a week has gone by since October without news reports urging people to secure their homes. This is due to the rise of yamibaito – shady part-time work that promises easy money ...

Recently, the "right to disconnect," which allows employees to refuse calls and emails outside of work hours, is being established primarily in Europe. Will it become common in Japan, too?

"For these policies to meaningfully impact fertility rates and support greater gender equality in Japan, they must be ... offer city employees a four-day work week starting in April 2025.

But Weng, 35, who has just been granted Class II status under Japan’s “specified skills” visa system ... Weng while explaining his passion for work in the future. In November 2010, Weng ...

Japan’s birth rate has been declining for years. © 2024 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use ...

(Mainichi/Akihiko Tsuchida) The self-inflicted death of a Japanese man who worked as both a university researcher and adviser for a major aerial surveying company was recognized as work-related ...

TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer price inflation probably accelerated in November, driven by persistently high rice prices and the phasing out of utility subsidies, a Reuters poll ...

Seventy-seven Nobel prize winners on Monday sent an open letter to the U.S. Senate opposing the nomination ... who received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work on developing mRNA vaccines, ...