Japan, a nation so hardworking its ... while 7 percent give their workers the legally mandated one day off, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Hoping to produce more takers ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from ...

The number of foreign workers in Japan has hit a record high for the 12th straight year, reflecting severe labor shortages in the country, labor ministry data showed Friday. Foreign workers ...

More of Japan’s biggest corporate names ... encouraged companies to introduce and spread four-day workweeks. But a January study by the labor ministry found that only 8.5 percent of companies ...

Those small medium companies which hire cheap labor as trainee and special skilled worker ... and foreigners do not have a proper knowledge level of Japanese, and after working 10 hours a day they ...

The Japanese government has adopted a number of policies to address the market’s structural problems. The main emphasis has been on boosting productivity and encouraging more broad-based labor ...

(Bloomberg) -- The number of foreign workers in Japan reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labor shortage. Japan had a ...