Across Japan, organizations are redesigning how work gets done in response to structural labor shortages. Many of these ...

As the nation’s first female prime minister, Takaichi has captured public attention for her workwear, with women scrambling ...

Japan has ramped up its push for companies to adopt a four-day workweek, but those efforts face steep challenges in a country famous for its workaholic culture. The move marks a more concerted effort ...

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

For decades, Japan has remained one of the top players in the global economy. Japan continues to keep up in a rapidly developing world stage alongside new players and technologies. "Japan Capitalism ...

Sleepy at work? Just stand inside this windowless box and take a power nap. That’s the pitch from two Japanese companies that have unveiled a “nap box” designed to encourage a healthier office culture ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has long cited Margaret Thatcher as one of her political role models. The former, long-serving British PM was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative ...

A growing number of South Korean men are seeking employment or settlement in Japan, according to recent reports. This trend ...

The workforce in Japan is apparently so overwhelmed that two companies are partnering up to create new upright “nap boxes.” Illustrations of the new design show neutral, innocuous-looking tubes with ...