In Japan’s labour market, an increase in people changing jobs is occurring in the middle of a growing labour shortage, and changing traditional features of Japanese corporate culture such as lifetime ...

In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter "taishoku daiko," or "job-leaving ...

Japan’s jobs-to-applications ratio held steady at 1.18 in the latest reading, unchanged from the previous 1.18. The lack of movement signals a ...

TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or ...

TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or ...

Cassi Zheng spent her 30th birthday alone in Tokyo. It gave her a chance to stop focusing on what was missing.

The doors open only once. That’s how people often describe Japan’s hidebound hiring system, in which college students have their best shot at landing a coveted salaried position in the year ...

TOKYO — Daiki Hayakawa thought that fluent English and a degree in international business would be his ticket to a lifetime job, stable family life and fulfilling place in Japanese society. For ...

Conformist “workaholic” pressures in Japanese culture are heavy. Workers don't want to be seen as troublemakers and are reluctant to question or speak up. In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to ...