Japan’s tradition of lifetime employment, or “full-time” employment, is crumbling. “Part-time” positions have ballooned to create an underclass of 20 million temporary workers, including an increasing ...

On a sunny morning in June, a middle-aged lawyer named Yoshimasa Obayashi heard his telephone ring once, and nearly ring again, before he rushed to snatch the phone’s receiver from its cradle. It was ...

Japan Display Inc., or JDI, said Thursday that it will cut about 1,500 jobs in Japan — or nearly 60% of its domestic workforce — as it has remained in the red for 11 consecutive years. The same day, ...

There is a so-called "Yami Baito (闇バイト·Yamibaito)," a new type of crime method that has recently emerged as the biggest problem in Japanese society. It refers to a group of young people who commit ...

TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that’s considered shameful. Enter “taishoku daiko,” or ...

Kawata Yasutoshi was never cut out for traditional Japanese corporate life. As a former guitarist in a heavy-metal band, he found working at a large electronics firm frustrating: particularly the ...

The doors open only once. That’s how people often describe Japan’s hidebound hiring system, in which college students have their best shot at landing a coveted salaried position in the year ...

A stressed-out part-time Japanese employee was arrested for arson after setting fire to the store he worked at last week. Tatsuya Matsuzawa, a 32-year-old part-time worker, was arrested for burning ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazuhiro Hasegawa has been driving a taxi in Tokyo for three years. It's a job he enjoys, despite 18-hour shifts. But recently, he said, it has not been enough to make ends meet. The ...