Japan

Meetings ‘drag on’ if women are involved, says Japan’s Olympics chief

Former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori has apologised for denigrating women with sexist remarks.

3 Dec 2020

Private sector workers are set to receive average pay rises of 2.4% in 2021, up from an average of 2.2%...

14 Mar 2016

The traditional Japanese idea of “lifetime employment”, with a full-time employee working for the same employer until retirement, has been...

14 Jan 2016

Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...