In the past, Japanese work culture revolved around one core belief: “lifetime employment”. Workers would join a company after graduation from university and remain with that company until ...

Harvey from Japan newbie discusses about work culture and the phenomena of “death by overwork” in Japan.

Thirty years ago when Keio University sociologist Junko Kitanaka first started to study Japan’s culture of working oneself to death, it was considered a novelty overseas. In the 1990s, stories ...

Despite a state of emergency declared in parts of Japan, businesses have been slow to expand a work culture away from the office. Foreign Minister Taro Kono told parliament that the country needs ...

By Associated Press The Japanese prime minister took aim at the country’s work culture amid concerns about further spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus.

Allied Works Architecture and Fast Retailing think Western work spaces could be big in Japan. Can design help change the nation's hierarchical work culture?

Despite government support, cultural norms and ingrained workaholic tendencies pose challenges to widespread adoption Japan, a nation so hard-working its language has a term for literally working ...

It is still possible for a population in decline even as severely as Japan’s to recover, but it requires serious cultural reexamination.

Japanese work culture is often explored through a variety of different manga. Manga like Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san and Salaryman Kintaro provide realistic depictions of the perils of retail ...