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- In labor-starved Japan, companies boost hiring perks for high school grads
- 「3週間まとめて休む」「ルールは状況次第で変化」──モンゴル人女性が日本の職場で驚いた文化の違いとは?
- Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI product
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「3週間まとめて休む」「ルールは状況次第で変化」──モンゴル人女性が日本の職場で驚いた文化の違いとは?
モンゴルの首都ウランバートル出身で、現在は日本企業で働くツァガーンバートル・ソロンゴさん(49)。日本の職場では、モンゴルとは異なるさまざまな文化やルール、仕事の進め方、さらには休暇...
Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI product...
About half of Japanese firms have an “old guy who does nothing.” Colleagues say they take many breaks, idly chat, browse the web, and stare off into space.
Name and shame: Japan’s tame answer to jobseeker sex harassment
Final-year students invited to recruiters’ apartments for help with their applications. Coffee dates with alumni who promise to explain how the company works. Inappropriate intervi...
Fukuoka aims to create workplaces where people with disabilities can thrive
Though more people with disabilities are finding jobs through Fukuoka Prefecture's Hello Work, many are also believed to have left their jobs.
Japan's foreign worker system strains as officials eye quota shifts
Japan relaxes overtime rules under workaholic Takaichi: ‘unacceptable shift’
Japan eased overtime regulation starting on Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country’s ingrained workaholic culture. The mo...
Is Japan backpedaling on its work-style reforms?
Japan will soon stop asking companies to cap employees' overtime at 45 hours per month, leaving many wondering if it is going back on its work-style reforms.
オフィスの休憩エリア「心は休まらず」? イトーキと松尾研、行動ログから忙しさの正体に迫るAIモデルを構築
イトーキと松尾研究所が、従業員854人分の行動データを分析し、会議やメール、チャットといった日々の行動が、働く人の心身や人間関係の状態にどう影響するのかを探るAIモデルを構築した。会議...
Japanische Arbeitskultur: Plötzlich gibt es in Tokio sogar die Viertagewoche
Das Büro vor dem Chef zu verlassen, gilt in Japan als unhöflich. Alle Urlaubstage zu nehmen, ist verpönt. Diese Arbeitskultur wird mittlerweile aber öfter hinterfragt.
Japan eyes employing foreign trainees as airport ground crew
工場もウェルビーイングに パナソニックEWが奈良工場の改修事例を初公開
パナソニック エレクトリックワークスは、照明や空調、電気設備などの技術とWELL認証の知見を生かした「Well-Being事業」を製造現場のオフィスに初展開し、奈良工場の改修事例を公開した。人手...
Government to step up efforts to secure its workforce
TOKYO >> The Japanese government is boosting its efforts to reduce the number of national public employees leaving their jobs.
「原則出社」命じる企業とテレワーク社員の意識ギャップ/“推し活依存”自覚するZ世代が2割/シニアの利用が盛んな○○アプリ、ほか
今回(2026年8月22日~8月28日)は、サイバー攻撃によるデータ侵害の被害実態、テレワーク実施率の推移や従業員の意向、世界のDDoS攻撃の現状、小売業が提供するアプリの利用動向、Z世代の“推し...
人は、仕事のどこで育っているのか。― 日々の仕事の学びを確かめる、解説版・図解版PDFを無料公開
人は、仕事のどこで育っているのか。― 日々の仕事の学びを確かめる、解説版・図解版PDFを無料公開
Amid labor crunch, Japan firms hiring foreign nationals even as Takaichi tightens rules
In a survey conducted last year by Japan's labor ministry, 68.2% of companies said they hired foreign nationals to ease a labor shortage.
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