“People were born to be praised.” This is the message that Kunio Hara, leader of the Ho-Me-I-Ku Foundation and the author of the book, “Praise-based Management,” is sharing with the world. Ho-Me-I-Ku, ...

Due to Japan’s aging population, the government estimates a shortage of 1.3 million workers over the next four years. Japan will have no choice but to increase the influx of foreign labor if the ...

Japan’s universal health care Japan offers a universal health care insurance system, with all residents required to have insurance coverage. Employees are usually enrolled in their firm’s health ...

Indeed, it was Hirano’s observations of Japan’s work culture that inspired her to launch Cinnamon. As she started her own family, she thought about the future her children would inherit, and felt that ...

Toshiya Kakiuchi is the president and CEO of Mirairo Inc. Since his bones are fragile and easily breakable, he is a wheelchair user. Advocating "Barrier Value" that turns obstacles into value, he ...

Alex Steullet joined the corporate branding department at Cybozu Inc. in 2018. The following year he became the editor in chief of Cybozu's owned media platform, Kintopia. He is originally from ...

Nationwide programs offer in-depth look at 10,000 years of Japanese culture, tradition, art and history ...

As part of our joint project “Diversity and the future of the Japanese workplace,” Japanese software development firm Cybozu and The Japan Times recently sat down with three international residents ...

The Japan Ryugaku (a Japanese word meaningEstablished in 1951, we have seenmore than 110,000 graduates joincompanies around the world. More than 600 students fromabroad are learning at our college,and ...

From historic and cultural museums, temples and gardens to modern skyscrapers and theme parks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) supports the use of these venues for meetings, conventions, events ...

『幸せのレシピ』の主演、キャサリン・ゼタ＝ジョーンズが来日し、9月19日に記者会見を行なった。ゼタ＝ジョーンズが演じるのは、マンハッタンで人気の高級レストランで働く、ワーカホリックで完ぺき主義者の料理長ケイト。役作りのためにウエートレスをし、料理の特訓を受けたという ...

Seeking more opportunities And then in 2018, Yokoishi switched tracks by leaving the company and joining the DX (digital transformation) department at the Nomura Research Institute (NRI) in Fukuoka.