BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Japanese Company Lets Workers Set Hours, Profits Soar
A Japanese t-shirt company and its unusual CEO are doing business differently - and the employees seem to dig it.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
A Japanese t-shirt company and its unusual CEO are doing business differently - and the employees seem to dig it.
WOMEN
A woman was worked to death - but since it was "just housework", Japan's government won't acknowledge it. How her family is…
WOMEN
A recent case of bakers working karoshi (death by overwork) hours leads our author to see ties between labor exploitation and "woman's…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Osaka Prefecture will implement a clever method to stop employees from putting in overtime. But will it do anything to change the…
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
Microsoft's experiment with the four-day in Japan has gained a lot of attention. But they're not the first company in Japan to…
SOCIETY
Despite having a fairly efficient health care system, Japan lags behind in providing both awareness and support for mentally ill people.