#workstylereform — Public Fediverse posts

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi asked for a quicker review of systems related to working hours, such as the discretionary labor system, under which pay is based on predetermined hours rather than actual hours worked. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/23/economy/japan-discretionary-work-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #workstylereform #sanaetakaichi #japangrowthstrategycouncil

More Japanese companies are introducing sick-child care as an employee benefit, as working parents returning from parental leave struggle to find care if their children suddenly fall ill. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/08/japan/society/sick-child-care-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #jobs #babysitters #apps #workstylereform

As Australia's Victoria will soon have the world's first work-from-home laws, businesses in Melbourne are worried about how it will affect the city's economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/02/economy/work-home-laws-melbourne-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #australia #workstylereform #telework #melbourne #covid19

The Takaichi administration has started discussing a possible easing of working-hour regulations, raising concerns among labor officials that work-style reforms introduced in recent years could be rolled back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/01/japan/society/work-style-reform-backsliding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #workstylereform #overwork #jobs

The government has adopted a bill to promote work-style reform for truck drivers by supporting systems that enable logistics firms to relay cargo, allowing drivers to limit their work to day trips. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/driver-work-style-reform-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #driving #workstylereform #trucks

A labor ministry survey has shown that 10.5% of workers in the country want to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/workers-long-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #mhlw #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform

A labor ministry survey has shown that 10.5% of workers in the country want to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/workers-long-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #mhlw #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform

A labor ministry survey has shown that 10.5% of workers in the country want to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/workers-long-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #mhlw #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform

A labor ministry survey has shown that 10.5% of workers in the country want to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/workers-long-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #mhlw #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform

A growing number of local governments across Japan are making it easier for male workers to take paternity leave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/28/japan/society/paternity-leave-local-governments-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #parenthood #workstylereform #men039sissues

With Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi set to tackle work-style reform, Japan’s discretionary work system is expected to become a major focal point. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/23/japan/politics/takaichi-labor-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #workstylereform

Japan's transport ministry will provide incentives for logistics service providers to cooperate in the long-distance transportation of cargo, as part of its aims to advance work style reform for truck drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/19/japan/transportation-truck-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mlit #trucks #workstylereform

More anime studios are setting up operations outside Tokyo, drawn by advantages such as easier access to local graduates and the potential for better work-life balance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/21/anime-studios-operations-outside-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #anime #jobs #workstylereform #osaka #sendai #kobe #kochi

The mother of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old employee of advertising giant Dentsu who died by suicide in 2015 after working excessive hours, has voiced her opposition to any relaxation of regulations on work hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/21/japan/dentsu-suicide-mother-opposition-labor-regulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dentsu #suicide #workstylereform #overwork #karoshi #health

The mother of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old employee of advertising giant Dentsu who died by suicide in 2015 after working excessive hours, has voiced her opposition to any relaxation of regulations on work hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/21/japan/dentsu-suicide-mother-opposition-labor-regulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dentsu #suicide #workstylereform #overwork #karoshi #health

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday she only sleeps for between two and four hours every night, while she also faces criticism for encouraging people to overwork. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/takaichi-sleep-overwork/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #overwork #health #sleep #jobs #workstylereform

The image of Japan’s net cafes used to be all smoky rooms and sketchy behavior. Not anymore. Today’s spaces are sleek, clean — and affordable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/companies/internet-cafe-tokyo-kaiketsu-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #internetcafe #manga #workstylereform #akihabara #kaikatsuclub #tokyo

The image of Japan’s net cafes used to be all smoky rooms and sketchy behavior. Not anymore. Today’s spaces are sleek, clean — and affordable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/companies/internet-cafe-tokyo-kaiketsu-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #internetcafe #manga #workstylereform #akihabara #kaikatsuclub #tokyo

The image of Japan’s net cafes used to be all smoky rooms and sketchy behavior. Not anymore. Today’s spaces are sleek, clean — and affordable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/companies/internet-cafe-tokyo-kaiketsu-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #internetcafe #manga #workstylereform #akihabara #kaikatsuclub #tokyo

The image of Japan’s net cafes used to be all smoky rooms and sketchy behavior. Not anymore. Today’s spaces are sleek, clean — and affordable. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/03/companies/internet-cafe-tokyo-kaiketsu-club/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #internetcafe #manga #workstylereform #akihabara #kaikatsuclub #tokyo

A Japanese group of lawyers tackling karōshi, or overwork-related deaths, has protested new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's remarks calling on the ruling party's members to "work like workhorses" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/lawyers-protest-takaichi-remarks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform #ldp

Miho Koshiba, cofounder of Midori.so, wants to create a more enjoyable environment for today’s creatives and professionals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/28/our-lives/miho-koshiba-midoriso/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #coworkingspace #jobs #workstylereform #nonregularworkers #freelance #freelanceemployment

Some 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitters” — workers doing the bare minimum to meet their job requirements — according to a survey by job-matching company Mynavi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/society/quiet-quitter-japan-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #mynavi #workstylereform

More prefectures will introduce an allowance in April to alleviate the burden of utility costs for employees working from home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/prefectures-remote-work-allowance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #workstylereform

A national cap on overtime hours has come into effect on Japan’s trucking industry, with an outsize impact on the challenging environment of Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hokkaido-truck-industry-struggles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #trucks #workstylereform #jobs

The government plans to strengthen support for regional companies that hire urban corporate workers with specialized know-how in the form of side jobs or dual jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/02/companies/regional-firms-urban-workers-hire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #shigeruishiba #rurallife #workstylereform #freelance #telework

With its flexible hours and work-at-your-own-pace environment, driving a cab is becoming an increasingly popular job in Sendai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/10/sendai-taxi-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #driving #sendai #workstylereform #jobhunting

Japanese workers are job-hopping more these days, and this might be helping to drive up salaries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/03/economy/job-hopping-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jobs #wages #workstylereform

Colombia's "webcam models" are speaking out about abuse in one of the world's top providers of adult webcam content. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/world/society/colombian-webcam-models-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #colombia #southamerica #pornography #workstylereform #sexualharassment #powerharassment #overwork

In the wake of the work-from-home revolution the pandemic brought on, hybrid work became the norm in the United States, but now, several major companies are abandoning the compromise approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/20/companies/us-teleworkers-turn-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #workstylereform #telework #us #goldmansachs #tesla #amazoncom #jpmorgan #elonmusk #vivekramaswamy

Employees at large companies in Tokyo are being allowed more flexibility in their working style as the number of people who travel to the office daily to work slipped below 50%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/08/companies/japan-hybrid-work-style/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #workstylereform #surveys #telework #covid19injapan

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is planning to introduce a four-day workweek starting April next year as part of a push for work-style reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/04/japan/society/tokyo-four-day-work-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyo #yurikokoike #workstylereform

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai has unveiled plans to expand the option for a four-day workweek to all prefectural employees from fiscal 2026, marking the first initiative of its kind in the Tohoku region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/30/japan/miyagi-four-day-workweek/ #japan #workstylereform #miyagi #jobs #telework

New regulations are aimed at easing the stress of the badly paid hard slog of trucking, and making it more attractive to young people in aging Japan, where some 90% of goods are transported by road. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/society/2024-problem-trucking-sector/ #japan #society #trucks #workstylereform #jobs #overwork

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Wednesday that it will seek a record general-account budget of ¥34.3 trillion ($237 billion) for fiscal 2025, up 1.4% from the previous year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/28/japan/health-ministry-budgets/ #japan #mhlw #workstylereform #nursingcare #doctors #socialwelfare

A new law in Australia means employees, in most cases, cannot be punished for refusing to read or respond to contacts from their employers outside work hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/26/australian-employees-work-emails-calls/ #business #australia #workstylereform

The Japan Coast Guard is promoting work style reform for its members as it grapples with a declining number of applicants and its rising turnover rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/22/japan/japan-coast-guard-work-style-reform/ #japan #japancoastguard #workstylereform

Despite recent trends in South Korea to work less and maintain a better work-life balance, some businesses might be moving back to the idea of longer hours meaning more productivity, with a few influential companies telling executives to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/06/companies/south-korean-firms-6-days-week/ #business #companies #southkorea #jobs #overwork #workstylereform #overtime #sixdayworkweek #worklifebalance

The Japanese government has urged the construction industry to do more to improve labor conditions to secure workers amid a growing worker shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/01/companies/construction-industry-labor-shortage/ #business #companies #constructionindustry #wages #overwork #workstylereform #laborlaws

Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda is supporting a fundraising effort aimed at making radical reforms to working conditions in Japan’s film industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/06/21/film/film-industry-startup/ #culture #film #japanesefilm #wages #workstylereform #startups #hirokazukoreeda

Monday marks the start of a new fiscal year in Japan, ushering in overtime limits on truck drivers, construction workers and doctors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/31/japan/japan-april-1-changes/ #japan #workstylereform #taxis #trucks #delivery #yamato #sagawaexpress

The surge in demand for private work booths in Japan is an indicator of how work dynamics have changed dramatically for many since the pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/20/companies/japan-private-work-booth/ #business #companies #fujifilmbusinessinnovation #tokyometro #telework #covid19injapan #workstylereform

Aeon plans to introduce a system this year to compensate employees who take child care leave with 100% of their take-home pay until their child turns 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/02/02/aeon-child-care-leave/?utm_content=buffer3aa66&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #men039sissues #pregnancy #paternityleave #workstylereform

Some 77.1% of teachers at public junior high schools in Japan worked beyond the 45-hour monthly overtime cap in fiscal 2022, providing further evidence of their notoriously long working hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/28/national/teachers-overwork-survey/?utm_content=buffer2e734&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer #news #japan #teachers #overwork #juniorhighschools #mext #surveys #workstylereform