カテゴリー: Work-life balance
Sanae Takaichi’s not-so-catchy remarks about everyone working like a horse did not go down well in a country notorious for its demanding work cultureIt is not, perhaps, a word many people in Japan will want to hear as they prepare for the bonenkai offi…
One in six workers has engaged a firm to hand in notice for them, as younger workers reject traditional work ethicMari was just two months into her new job when she decided she had had enough. The position at an online bank in Tokyo, found through a st…
Cabinet minister hopes move will improve attitudes to male parenting in country with dwindling birthrateJapan’s environment minister has announced that he will take paternity leave when his first child is born this month, the first time a cabinet minis…
‘Failing to fulfil her duty to the nation’ criticism sparks outrage on social mediaA South Korean politician has sparked anger after he criticised the female nominee for head of the country’s fairtrade commission for “failing to fulfil her duty to the …