Work-life balance
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Japan PM’s pledge to ‘work, work, work, work, and work’ wins catchphrase of year
Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country n…
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‘They refused to let me go’: Japanese workers turn to resignation agencies to quit jobs
One in six workers has engaged a firm to hand in notice for them, as younger workers reject traditional work e…
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Koizumi is first of Japan’s top ministers to take paternity leave
Cabinet minister hopes move will improve attitudes to male parenting in country with dwindling birthrateJapan’…
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Microsoft Japan tested a four-day work week. Productivity jumped by 40%
The experiment for the month of August led to more efficient meetings and happier workers who took less time o…