Work
Japan to push package drop-offs to ease burden on delivery workers
Incentives for leaving boxes at door to include reward points
Work
Comment
India unlikely to solve Japan's labor shortage
Language hurdles and low salaries make other countries more attractive
Finance
Japan's audit base weakening despite growth in CPA applicants
More certified accountants seek to avoid increasingly hard work of auditing
Technology
Hitachi's metaverse tech helps keep Japanese craftsmanship alive
Veteran workers can pass down their knowledge remotely via VR
Work
Japan plans internships to help older workers start in tech
Government will work with companies to train programmers, software engineers
Automobiles
UAW strikes at more GM and Stellantis sites, touts progress with Ford
38 parts distribution centers across U.S. targeted as union again flexes muscles
Business trends
Fujitsu to move out of Tokyo as remote work takes hold
Smaller cities attract corporate headquarters with lower rents and tax cuts
Japan immigration
Japan's foreign students lag far behind local peers in job hunting
Hiring timetable, uncertainty of returning to home country contributes to late start
Opinion
Corporate 'inclusion' must apply to business partners too
Multinationals need to ensure that suppliers treat their workers with respect
Opinion
BRICS+ will benefit from opening way to free movement of workers
Member states can better absorb technology with infusions of human capital
Companies
Japan's outside directors take on multiple posts amid talent shortage
Lack of efforts to promote women within leads to limited pool
Automobiles
UAW resumes bargaining talks with Chrysler-parent Stellantis
Simultaneous strike against Detroit Three automakers enters fourth day
Automobiles
U.S. autoworkers launch first simultaneous strike at Detroit Three
Action at plants in 3 states to affect 12,700 employees in all
Economy
Japan's corporate profits aren't trickling down, new data shows
Record $4.2tn gross national income lifted by overseas earnings, dividends
Technology
Japan companies awakening to growing power nap trend
Snooze time during work hours seen as increasing productivity
Japan immigration
Japan's expanded visa rules to help foreign graduates stay for work
Plan aims to lift post-graduation employment to 60% over a decade
Work
Singapore opens door wider to foreign workers at hotels, restaurants
Work permit eligibility expanded to those from India, Philippines and 4 other nations
Education
Japan doctoral program admissions fall over 20% in 20 years
Ph.D. candidates need more assurance of job opportunities, business leaders say
Opinion
Japan Inc. is losing ground in the battle for new talent
More fresh graduates are drawn to consulting careers
Retail
Sogo & Seibu to close Tokyo department store due to strike on Thursday
Labor union takes action after parent Seven & i decides to go ahead with sale
Companies
China extends tax breaks for foreign workers until 2027
Move is boon to firms looking to attract overseas talent
Startups
Japan to ease stock-option tax rules to help startups gain talent
Freelance coders and other specialists likely to be eligible for tax breaks
Retail
Japan department store braces for rare strike as U.S. buyout nears
Union warning to raise pressure over sale of Sogo & Seibu to Fortress Investment Group
Work
Plight of older unemployed Chinese stirs emotions on social media
'It makes my eyes tear up,' says daughter of jobless 50-year-old man
Caixin
Did China's youth jobless rate really hit 46.5%?
Staggeringly high figure goes beyond conventional international definitions