Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” ...

Weeks after Takaichi’s speech, it was revealed record numbers of victims are seeking compensation for overwork in Japan.

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Behind Japan’s legendary work ethic lurks a dark secret. For decades, the country has been plagued by people driven to an ...

The new system upgrades the city's old flextime model, which previously allowed workers to take one weekday off every four ...

Shiroki Mitsunari does not remember seeing bears in the picturesque Japanese mountain village of Shirakawa when he was a ...

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In this video, I share the things I thought were uniquely Japanese from food habits to daily life quirks and what I realized ...

Baseball might be America’s pastime, but it is also an omnipresent part of everyday life in Japan. Never was that more clear ...

Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by ‘death from overwork’ ...

Japan’s police began a campaign to cull bears after amended rules permitting them the use of rifles to kill the animals took ...