Japan's technical training program must be safe for and fair to foreign interns, but not make immigration and hopping from employer to employer too easy.
The BOJ decision signals a major shift towards economic recovery, but it must closely monitor for the fallout from its new monetary policy.
Labor union UA ZENSEN has demanded record-level wage increases for union members, with part-time employee demands outstripping those of full-time workers.
As the top corporations in Japan start reforms to boost the economy, subcontractors in the keiretsu business alliances cannot be left behind. Here's why.
The Bank of Japan has ended its negative interest rates in an extensive policy overhaul. Recent wage hikes appear to have been central to the Bank's...
Nissan has returned the full amount by which it shortchanged its subcontractors. We still want to see the government crack down on such sleazy practices.
Popular or not, in Kishida's term wages have risen faster than at any time since the 1990s, the economy is functioning more normally and investors are...
Factors such as disaster resilience, wage hikes, growth investing, and a cautious exit from monetary easing are essential to reboot the Japanese economy.
To have economic growth, higher wages must materialize, not only for large companies but also for employees of small, medium, and micro businesses in Japan.
Economic measures should focus on building national resilience to prepare for the future, not on pork barrel spending and temporary tax cuts that please voters.
Kishida seems to be betting on tax cuts to keep his administration afloat, but his approach is "incongruous" with the anticipated defense tax hikes.
The PM's policy speech addressed many issues but failed to firmly address the nation's security and his tax cut proposal seemed designed to curry public favor.