The truth about working in Japan is more complicated than most people imagine. Long hours, rigid systems, and unique ...

Teachers’ overwork is a well-known issue in Japan, long highlighted by teacher unions, advocacy groups, and labor experts. A 2022 education ministry survey showed that 77 percent of public junior high ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, many foreign workers came to Japan because the economy was strong and there were not enough Japanese ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has won the catchphrase of the year for her pledge to “work, work, work, work and work ...

An industrious leader is typically considered a positive. But in Japan – a country that has its own word for “death from ...

A simple yet forceful commitment by Sanae Takaichi has struck a chord nationwide. Her pledge “work, work, work, work and work ...

It is still possible for a population in decline, even as severely as Japan’s, to recover, but it requires serious cultural reexamination. Japan released a report last month announcing that last year, ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan injured or killed in work-related accidents topped 6,000 in 2024 for the first time, according to government data, as the graying country increasingly turns to ...

Japan today stands at a point of inflection where demographic shifts and evolving industrial demands are creating space for ...

Fathers in Japan are stepping up at home, and a record number are taking paternity leave, but they most are finding their ...