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Japan Government warns firms not to fire pregnant foreign trainees, as interns fear impact on work status 2019-03-14 [The Times]

Japan Hokkaido offers nursing scholarships to foreign workers amid labor shortage 2019-02-03 [Japan Times]

Japan Businesses look to smooth way for jump in foreign workers to Japan 2019-01-22 [JP]

Japan As Japan Tries Out Immigration, Migrant Workers Complain Of Exploitation 2019-01-16 [NPR]

Japan Japan Will Seek to Prevent Foreign Workers Drifting to Cities 2018-12-26 [Bloomberg]

Japan Decision to permit more foreign workers draws praise from big business, fear from municipalities 2018-12-09 [Japan Times]

Japan Facing Critical Labor Shortage, Japan Opens Door Wider To Foreign Workers 2018-12-08 [NPR]

Japan Shrinking Japan OKs divisive bill to get more foreign labor 2018-12-07 [Albany Times Union]

Japan Sharp contractors axe 3,000 staff as iPhone sensor output shifts: union 2018-12-05 [Today]

Japan Labor union says 3,000 foreign workers laid off at Sharp plant 2018-12-04 [Japan Times]

Japan 46 Chinese workers disappear in Hokkaido after 11 arrested over visa issues 2018-12-04 [Japan Times]

Japan Human Rights Watch Letter to Labour Policy Council Re: Draft Paper on Combatting Violence and Harassment at Work 2018-12-03 [HRW]

Japan 3,000 foreign employees join ramen noodle shop's workers union 2018-11-22 [Japan Times]

Japan Japan wakes up to exploitation of foreign workers as immigration debate rages 2018-11-22 [Wash Post]

Japan Country wakes up to exploitation of foreign workers as immigration debate rages 2018-11-21 [The Post]

Japan Abe Dials Back Foreign-Worker Plan Despite Labor Shortage 2018-11-16 [Bloomberg]

Japan More than 345,000 foreign workers predicted to come to Japan under new visas: government 2018-11-15 [Japan Times]

Japan The changing face of Japan: labour shortage opens doors to immigrant workers 2018-11-09 [Guardian]

Japan Japan expects acceptance of 40,000 foreign workers in first year of proposed new visas rules: sources 2018-11-05 [Japan Times]

Japan For work rules in Japan to legally count, employers must hammer them home 2018-11-01 [Japan Times]

Japan Bullet train stops 'scary' safety hazing drills 2018-11-01 [BBC]

Japan Why workers need better raises 2018-10-14 [Japan Times]

Japan Tokyo 2020: Forum for Decent Work 2018-10-04 [BWI]

Japan Deeper Economic Ills at Root of Japan's Latest Sexism Scandal 2018-08-27 [Bloomberg]

Japan Many temp workers to see contracts terminated from September due to staffing law 2018-08-17 [The Times]

Japan Companies across Japan take action to protect employees from unruly customers 2018-08-07 [The Times]

Japan Labor crunch is reshaping how companies attract workers 2018-08-02 [Reuters]

Japan Government likely to raise bonuses for public sector workers for fifth year 2018-07-28 [The Times]

Japan Educators in the EU and Japan demand education be left out of trade agreement 2018-07-18 [Education International]

Japan Can a new legal framework for worker coops address growing inequality in Japan? 2018-07-05 [Equal Times]

Japan Two Japan Supreme Court cases clarify when discrimination against fixed-term workers is OK 2018-06-24 [The Times]

Japan Worker's pay docked for taking lunch three minutes early 2018-06-21 [RTÉ]

Japan Promote work-interval system to stop overwork 2018-06-17 [The Times]

Japan Opposition deal to tweak Japanese labor bill likely to get contentious legislation past Diet 2018-05-22 [The Times]

South Africa #BusStrike: Japan shows SA the way, as striking drivers hand out free rides 2018-05-04 [The South African]

Japan May Day rallies held across Japan 2018-05-01 [NHK]

Japan Government to promote five-day workweek for construction workers hired for public works projects 2018-04-29 [The Times]

Japan Japan to Expand Program to Bring in Foreign Workers 2018-04-13 [WSJ]

Japan Insufficient wage gains 2018-03-24 [The Times]

Japan Education ministry works to curb excessive overtime by teachers 2018-03-24 [The Times]

Japan Japan wants more women in construction 2018-03-18 [independent]

Japan Unions Squeeze Small Pay Rise From Top Companies 2018-03-16 [Bloomberg]

Japan Ageing Japan: Prisons cope with swelling ranks of elderly inmates 2018-03-15 [CNA]

Japan Japan's automaker labor unions seek pay increases in annual wage talks 2018-03-14 [JT]

Japan Japanese companies offering bigger raises 2018-03-14 [NHK]

Japan Labor unions of electronics makers submit requests 2018-03-14 [NHK]

Japan Revised labor law gives staff on fixed-term contracts a route to job security, but some firms are already finding loopholes 2018-03-14 [JT]

Japan Japan Inc to raise wages but likely short of PM Abe's 3 percent target 2018-03-14 [Reuter]

Japan RPT-Japan Inc to announce pay hikes, seen short of PM Abe's 3 pct target 2018-03-14 [Reuter]

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