Japan's four-day workweek initiative isn't taking off as much as the government wants it to. Launched in 2021, the initiative aims to reduce overwork and address labor shortages. At Panasonic, only ...

For centuries, sumo's deep links with the Shinto religion barred women from entering the ring, let alone allowing them to ...

In 2019, the Japanese government introduced the Work Style Reform Law which sought to increase diversity in the workplace and improve working conditions. But reform has not been sufficiently discussed ...

Japan is infamous for its gender inequality. Few women occupy positions of political and corporate leadership. They overwhelmingly shoulder the burden of housework and child care. This year, the World ...

Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to government data.

My younger daughter, who is teaching herself elementary Japanese, looked up from her workbook recently and asked me what the ...

WARABI, Japan (Reuters) - Mazlum Balibay paves Japan’s roads, digs its sewers and lays its water pipes – all for a country that doesn’t want him. Balibay, 24, is a Kurdish asylum seeker who fled to ...

Japan has taken some steps forward since the one-two punch of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March. But the long-term health of the economy, which has continued to decline over the ...