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

The traditional Japanese ideal worker model is becoming unsustainable due to shifts in the labour force. This model, characterised by lifetime employment, long hours and unwavering loyalty, is ...

As of June 2024, approximately 600,000 Vietnamese citizens were residing in Japan. The number of Vietnamese residents in Japan has increased tenfold over the last decade as Vietnamese residents ...

After being elected head of Japan’s ruling party, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s pledge to “work, work, work, work, work” ...

A study by a global organization shows that elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan work the longest hours in the world. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development released ...

As many people know, after-work drinks can occasionally get embarrassingly out of hand. But for two government employees in Japan, a night on the tiles resulted in the loss of files containing ...

Bangladesh is hoping to send at least one lakh people to Japan over the next five years to work in various skilled and semi-skilled jobs. During a meeting with a Japanese parliamentary delegation at ...

Since 1981, when the Suzuki Motor Corporation set up a factory in India to manufacture the “Maruti” car, the Japanese company has been a byword for bilateral ties, Kenichi Ayukawa, Executive Vice ...